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  • gigachad@piefed.socialtolinuxmemes@lemmy.worldNO!
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    6 days ago

    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



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    6 days ago

    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.




  • My dad was 47 when I was born and he always said he was too old to become a father that late. Also in my view, he was too old. There is a generational gap between us that just can’t be bridged (he was born during WW2, I am a millennial).
    We never understood each others worlds. It does not mean we did not have a good relationship and this is highly individual and subjective. People called him my grandpa when I was a kid (I didn’t care). The only thing that is brutal, is him dying too soon. I am very glad he is still around with 80+ and I had the opportunity to graduate and standing on my own feet. But I know it will happen very soon and I feel he should be around for longer. It’s unlucky he will never be a grandfather to the child I haven’t even had time to plan yet.