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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

The algorithm can recogbize those "censored" words just fine. But the post does get more exposure because people commenting on the shitty censoring creates engagement that the algorithm values.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Definetely in the top 10 billion worst types of people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Where do you think he got his evidences from?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Im sure the us uses its tech dominance to sway political opinions one way or another in my country (brazil). And spying on people is a requirement for that. It seems like an attitude in line with the history of the relations between the us and brazil (and countless other countries). China probably tries that too, although i dont have a strong historical evidence for that disposition from china.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Soon aurora store may stop working. They could add some crap to the apks in the play store that checks whether the phone has google services. So either the devs put their apks somewhere available (like on fdroid, which most wont do), or theyll just put their binaries on the play store, which will just be a useless blob for those that dont have play services. Then we get another shitty cat an mouse game about spoofing play services, them catching up, on repeat.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Linux handheld with a 4g usb modem, doing calls over the internet. Just an idea, im not doing this, nor do i know how practical it actually is.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

A public health system can focus on the prevention of health problems, which saves a lot of money... and lives. The private sector has no interest in that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Good idea. I dont know why that didnt occur to me, i actually have a tablet that i could use for that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

A pocket linux pc would be great. Why do you want to keep the sim in the normie phone? Or is that just in case you get a handheld that doesnt have a sim slot?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Whats the issue with taking (1) and/or (3) in international trips? Is it about those countries that want to search you phone at the airport?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Yea, maybe not a bad idea, depending on the price and how many years of updates it still has.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Ive used Insular, that creates a "work" profile, mainly because the apps become somewhat hidden and it allows for a different password than the main profile. So I can share my main pin for other people to use my phone while still keeping the banking apps out of reach. But some apps just wont work if they detect a custom rom or even unlocked bootloader, even in insular.

 

Ive been using custom roms to greatly extend the lifespan of my phone (still using a xiaomi mi9t from 2019, running smoothly on A15, with lineageOS). Some apps, like banking apps, or gov apps sometimes require a stock android and locked bootloader. But, besides the stock spyware, stock roms become unusable in 2 to 3 years, forcing an upgrade.

Im thinking of getting a cheap 2nd phone to keep with stock android to use banking/gov apps and to leave at home. This way i could use my primary phone with a custom rom and have it working for way longer than 3 years, with less spyware, and wasting less money (depending on the price of that 2nd phone).

Does this seem like a decent strategy considering how android is moving?

Important question: If the cheap phone gets outdated, would it be safe to use it for banking considering i wouldnt install other apps or use a browser in that phone?

The brands available here (brazil) are mostly motorola, samsung, lg, xiaomi and realme (no pixels, nothings, fairphone, pinephones,...). What would be the best options for these two phones? The 2ndary phone should be cheap and reliable (gonna be used like once a week, but should last as long as possible) and 1ary phone should have unlockable bootloader and have good rom support for many years (i hope this niche wont die soon).

Banking on the browser is not an option anymore in my situation. I think it wont be around for long in the rest of the world too.

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