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I agree, at least partially. I do think that in most cases, this will actually protect not-so-tech-savvy users from installing spyware.

What i do not like is the "babysitting" approach which is now really bad on ios and android. They act like all users are babies who can't be trusted with making their own decisions. If I trust the app developer and I am aware that it has access to all files and what that means, I should be able to decide to use my smartphone that way, not the billion dollar corporation behind the app store. However Google can and should protect me by making this decision process easier and more informed, for example by showing what permissions are requested and maybe even a flag which indicates permissions that are not needed for any core functionality. I think that most users should be able to tell malicious permissions apart from actually needed ones.

My messaging app wants access to all my files? I don't think so. My popular open source file synchronization app requests the same? Sure, go ahead.

I get that you're scared about multi ton vehicles running without a human. But self driving can and actually be safer than human drivers sometimes. Yes, self driving vehicles can cause devistating accidents in situations where a human driver would have handled the situation much better. Sometimes they can just bug out, which seems particularly dangerous, but we also need to consider who they're replacing: Humans. Humans get tired, Humans text & drive, Humans blink, Humans Yawn, Humans do drugs, Humans sometimes just don't pay attention. Because machines don't have any of these factors, they can statistically be much safer, of course assuming the technology is ripe enough and thoroughly tested before it's used.

Thanks, I didn't know about that.

They ~~all~~ mostly run android with GMS. They do apply their own skin, and sometimes Manufactures try to market it as a seperate OS. For example "NothingOS" in the Nothing phones, which is just stock android with a fancy skin applied.

The qr code is just the link i posted. I took a quick look and it doesnt seem like it. As far as i can tell its just some low level hardware info. It's also pretty short. Not 100% sure though.

Your link is slightly broken. (The dot should be part of the URL, not plaintext)

Turning off GPS and turning on airplane mode should do the exact same, right? If you don't trust your OS you could use something like GrapheneOS or LineageOS, that's what I do. I don't feel the need to physically stop my phone from collecting data if it's Operating System is free software and built to respect my privacy. That way my smartphone actually does what I want, instead of working against my interests. Constantly fighting against the device you carry all day sounds exhausting.

Why is GitHub better than GitLab? Did I miss something big or are you refering to smaller differences in function? I thought GitLab offered basically the same core functionality as GitHub.

Thank you very much for your help so far, I will test the different methods and settings suggested in this thread over the next few weeks. I probably won't find the time or motivation to methodically figure out the specific issue. That means that if at some point my system seems stable again, I will just leave everything as is and try to just be happy about it.

But when my life gets less busy I'll maybe have time to see this completely through.

Anyways thanks to everyone, especially you, for taking the time to help me. I will update this post should I ever figure it out.

Well I've not fixed anything yet😅. It was sadly just a hypothetical. Sorry if that wasn't clear from the comment.

Yes, I went to fast because I have been sitting on this for months now. Normally I would only change one thing at a time, but with this situation it can take everywhere from 5 minutes to multiple days to test one single thing. If it doesn't crash for 48 hours, it might be because I fixed the issues, or it might just be a coincidence and it will crash in hour 49 ¯_(ツ)_/¯.

But your right, I will attempt it the right way when I find the time, even though it will probably take weeks 😮‍💨.

And in comparison to Windows, the qr code actually contains useful information!