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Well and I don’t support EA, that closes the circle

I am well aware where LineageOS stands against Linux. But my point still stands - LineageOS has no focus on privacy and AOSP is under threat, again.

LineageOS without “Google junk” is useless for 95% of the userbase, as they miss out very basic features Google outsourced of AOSP, such as Network Location Provider, Push Notifications or even an app store. I am not even talking about Play Integrity.

The privacy, security and simplicity of Android is really top notch.

• LineageOS is not private, even if it sends way less data home than Android (if you don’t sideload Play Services)
• depending on your threat level an unlocked bootloader is not what I would call “top notch secure”
• getting around a lot of the issues I talked about with extra stuff like microg, DNS blocking, Aurora Store etc. is not what I would call simple

maintains foss replacements for the Google proprietary ones

Not true, see Play Services

Yes but open source development for Android is made harder and harder every year by google, just look at the ongoing sideloading discussion. A working real Linux based OS for phones would be the holy grail. LineageOS is great and I am using it, but for real privacy you need a lot more.

exploited by big companies who use this to their advantage and take without giving back

Out of interest, would you say something can be done against this, or is this a systematic problem of how capitalism works?

For example, would it make sense to license your open source software under a more restrictive license (preventing commercial use, use in closed source projects etc.)? Or would that go against the principle of open source?

I know this is a long debate with many pros and cons, but I am interested in your opinion as you seem to know what you are talking about.

Maybe we should call the meme police then

It’s valid Python code though, the semicolons will run but are unnecessary

I guess you could add some sleep(1) inbetween

Well then you you need to pay for proprietary software or give your data to Google and friends.

There is no such thing aa “first party” in most open source projects. This repo has contributions by 111 different developers at the moment.

With open source you never have a guarantee for long-term support. I guess it was forked because the original app was not maintained anymore?

Idk about 2.0, but I am using this app for a year now. It got 3 updates last month

Well, we are lucky we have Synching-Fork!

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.github.catfriend1.syncthingandroid

Inflation is also rising. I am not so sure Spotify raised its prices more than inflation.

I searched the internet an found and alternative platform to the Threadiverse where this was discussed (something starting with R, I don’t remember).

So actually I don’t know shit about Finland, but it seemed like the only explanation yet that makes sense. But if you’re Finnish I guess you know a lot more about how it works up there!

I think schools and universities in Finland are giving out free computers with Linux installed for a few years now.

Better start downloading the important documents now