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The Discussion on Linux-based Phones.
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- Hardware freedom.
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- Phone lifespan raises to 10+ years.
- Less e-waste.
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- ExpidusOS
- Maemo Leste
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And about damn time.
I remember in the early 2010s, when I was still using an older brick phone and looking into smart phones I was thinking 'android or iPhone?' I immediately went on android due to its open source nature and customizability, and I did hear about alternative OSes even, but I didn't get into them.
I should also mention that that is the same argument why I never got into Macs. I am elder millennial who always had computers at home, and always IBM PCs in the 90s and early 2000s. PCs were customizable and anyone could make what they wanted for it. Unlike Macs that were very strictly controlled.
Removing that freedom to do what you want with your own stuff is unacceptable. And while spying on you has been around for a long ass time, seeing the extent that it is getting is making me want to finally be that l33t H@x0R that I envisioned myself I would be in the 90s...
And alas, wildly popular and supported by the masses.
Which is something I never understood.
I mean I knew the internet was never anonymous. Even back in the early 2000s I was a moderator on a forum and that meant I could see their IPs! I was surprised since before I became a mod on those beautiful old PHP forums I had no idea they could do that. But you also could ping sites and see their IP and their country of location. All that stuff.
But at the same time it still felt a lot more anonymous since you were never immediately known, and as long as you kept your personal details to yourself you were gold.
But the first thing that really got me creeped out about privacy was when I read an article (I think it was on cracked.com, but that was in the late 2000s) about how some online MMORPGS such as WOW were implementing anticheat software that would require them to scan your computer for cheating programs...
I was rightly freaked out. I never played WOW and spent very little time on any MMORPG but to me even back then that was the line in the sand. You dont touch my drives. Period!
Now what these people would want exceeds that, and it will make everything more insecure for everyone. It is just disgusting.