too late I signed up for Revolut.

Wtf they’ve done for the sponsors to pull out?

We call that user namespaces and seccomp on Linux.

I’d rather VPN to some EU country east of Berlin if I were you.

Slovakia has some copyright laws but they’re not that strictly enforced. Also no c&d letter equivalent has arrived to my physical inbox for what I’ve done on the Internet.

This might be a bit off topic but Edinburgh is better than London anyway.

Just switch to alternative DNS of use the one provided by your VPN of choice.

At least I’ll know which of my three phones to keep in pocket (I’ve got a Pixel 9a running GrapheneOS, iPhone 13 and Microsoft Lumia 435 Dual SIM).

The website’s design wants me to retch out.

the AI company (Signal […])

AFAIK Confer is independent from Signal.

It’s also happening in Linux through fwupd.

Yeah. But you at least have the incentive to upgrade.

I still have my GTX 1660super I want to upgrade to something better so that I can save on my AI subscription (unlike a sub you actually own it and can run whatever open weight model you desire).

If you allow the profile to run in background, you can receive the notifications, though keep in mind it won’t be that detailed.

Just install Ollama and pull a model from their registry.

Just keep your main profile from GMS and GMS-dependent apps.

Set up profiles: one for your day-to-day activities and one for your proprietary apps and GMS. I also have one profile for all things Musk and one for WhatsApp.

When it comes to apps on your main profile, you should keep it as Google-free as possible.

Same with your home screen. It’s supposed to be as useful and not provide access to every app you have installed (another operating system does this).

I have GMS installed but on a separate profile.

Signal so you can actually communicate with your relatives and HeliBoard for a nicer keyboard.

Plus the verification. If it’s FNS-based verification, then I’m all for it.

Arcticicons on F-Droid and Accrescent.

You can always host your instance yourself.