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Just want to say that Call of duty Black Ops II was pretty fucking accurate up to this point.
But I guess Treyarch was too optimistic about having a women as a POTUS
Don't forget warfare using quadcopter drones, albeit without the machine gun.
I've seen guns, bigger guns, and also flamethrower drones.
sighs....typing this on an S23 Ultra. I can't wait to get a pixel to degoogle.
I'd recommend CalyxOS as a replacement os.
No google code at all to get full functionality of your hardware (excluding Google pay, but graphene doesn't have that either.)
Anything you need, e.g. swipe typing or advanced camera features, you can install Google's versions and block their ability to talk to the internet via the built-in firewall.
calyxos.org
I just wanna use my carriers sms/rcs channels and their 5g internet. I don't need Anymore middleman than Me>Verizon>Host/Destination
Sure, you get that by default. Firewall only steps in for apps you explicitly block. There's a toggle for if you want apps blocked by default for you to allow, if you prefer.
Point is, it's a system that just works, stays out of your way and doesn't phone home to anyone, just as you'd expect.
Whatever you wind up doing, good luck out there and have fun.
GrapheneOS is the way.
My locked bootloader snapdragon 8 gen 2 is telling me to fuck myself with a sock filled with broken glass right now.
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Can't upvote this now.
I freaking hate the future, man. I’m so sick of this shit.
I have a galaxy. I disabled the Galaxy AI. I disabled the Google AI on my phone, and I blocked Google search AI. I disabled Microsoft AI. I think ATT has one that listens in on calls to warn you of a call being a scam, but I haven't figured out how to disable that. Many of my calls are privileged under atty/client privilege, so have someone or something else in on that risks waving that. I want to disable it, but I don't know how. I tried to disable Yahoo's email AI. But, now there is yet more AI for me to disable?
Dear tech companies, please stop shoving AI down my throat. I really don't want it.
At that point I'd just get a dumb phone for calls and a tablet with data only SIM for the rest.
Why not a graphene phone?
Only works on Pixels, and I'd rather not give Google any money.
buy used. you aren't giving them anything more then.
risks waving that.
Use a dumb phone or thereabouts, they're still around.
"They're a business and they need to make money." - useful idiots
Not even useful IMO, just idiots.
Do I want my face in ads? No. Not at all.
Would I want this same tech used to character swap myself into movies, or just swap actors in whatever? ...okay yeah that might be kinda fun novelty.
Yet more discrimination against faceless people
Stuff like this always reminds me of the personalized ads in Mass Effect (like here: https://youtu.be/hMdIypwM2KI ). That game has accurately depicted the future.
You get ads, you get ads, everyone gets ads!
- Samprah.
Look under your chair... It's an ad!!
Yay. Because what the world needs right now is more ads
I hate everything about this title.
Are techbros so bland that they really can't think of literally any fucking way to make money that isn't just 'ads'?
...subscription services? For everything?
That's just the money their making itself. When it comes down to what are we subscribing for, it keeps being ads again. They keep deciding that subscriptions make money by removing ads.
Like, why not subscriptions that actually add something gainful? Subscribe to stream your games to any TV, subscribe to get dog food delivered to your house monthly, subscribe to Socks of the Month Club. Those things exist in other industries, but tech?? Nope, it's just ads, or subscribe to less ads.
The other option is bombing kids.
The other option is creating a reliable, high quality product that people want and creates value for the user. This was how most businesses operated before Jack Fucking Welch.
But it’s easier to force slop, ads, and slop-made ads on people.
This is what makes me excited for Linux phones to finally become viable. Every major phone manufacturer is making their UX worse and expanding their hidden spyware for the sake of profits.
Graphene os is great but you can only install it on a Pixel. But they give extended support for older devices which is nice. HOWEVER, people are making Linux builds for even older devices, including the iphone 6. Getting a new phone after 7 years might not be necessary in the future.
It's hard, without UEFI for arm
Ah, more ads. Exactly what the consumer asked for, right?
I swear, the rest of my life will just be educating my peers on how consumerist rhetoric does not serve their interests.
LOL. New phone cases are going to have little privacy sliders to go over the cameras.
That's... A really good idea
Time to redesign my phone case
Don't they know how ugly the common people are. I'm not gonna buy something with an ugly guy in the ad. We ain't all plastic surgery Korean like Samsung home base.
Buddy had the nightmarish idea a while back with all the new generative ai stuff for video chat services injecting ads using the faces/voices of the participants in lieu of payment. Just, regularly-schedule ad breaks in your call where "your friend" suddenly starts talking about how excited they are about Raid: Shadow Legends
Well I guess I'll never buy another Samsung.
