Post Au2ixgTCjVaqd87c48 by joacim@mastodon.melin.org
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(DIR) Post #Au2glr874g6yJ8UMYy by selea@social.linux.pizza
2025-05-13T06:09:02Z
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It is fucking impossible to own a modern device today.If you dont update your device - your fucked because security If you update your device - the vendor fucks you with some bullshit "we've updated our terms and services"
(DIR) Post #Au2iYrLt8YIJ8lrXUm by ilias@discuss.systems
2025-05-13T06:29:04Z
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@selea
(DIR) Post #Au2ixgTCjVaqd87c48 by joacim@mastodon.melin.org
2025-05-13T06:33:33Z
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@selea soon the question will be: do you actually own the goddamn thing? Like Vmware: buy the license to use the software, then pay even more for them to fix the bugs you paid to have installed.
(DIR) Post #Au2jdYrlOVjhD3ZslE by selea@social.linux.pizza
2025-05-13T06:41:09Z
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@joacim The answer to that question - no your dont own it if you dont control it.fuck broadcom
(DIR) Post #Au2jrBFhzENc1jGvGC by Natanox@chaos.social
2025-05-13T06:43:35Z
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@selea I mean, you can. It just has to be offline like f.e. those FiiO MP3 players.
(DIR) Post #Au2kS26qwU0GNxhcC8 by retrotechshop@techhub.social
2025-05-13T06:50:16Z
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@selea 100% This is why I love using FOSS on old hardware.
(DIR) Post #Au2ldNqoY5W2xFB1cG by Guillotine_Jones@beige.party
2025-05-13T07:03:31Z
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@selea Just had Samsung pull that exact shit on me with my tablet, selea!
(DIR) Post #Au2nfGFRzCDrrYitU0 by selea@social.linux.pizza
2025-05-13T07:26:17Z
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@Natanox In Sweden, you'll be fucked since you can't pay your bills, get groceries, take the bus or train, and so on.
(DIR) Post #Au2ngLffJG0CyGVH96 by selea@social.linux.pizza
2025-05-13T07:26:28Z
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@Guillotine_Jones I hate it.
(DIR) Post #Au2nmnaARtHHH30X6u by Guillotine_Jones@beige.party
2025-05-13T07:27:39Z
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@selea Samesies, brother!
(DIR) Post #Au2o0H0cLvZsIsnwlU by niku@sector25.de
2025-05-13T07:30:04Z
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@selea Yeah, because of that I really hope that Linux smartphones will someday be practical for everyday use. I feel like the Linux/Unix (NOT YOU macOS) like Devices are the last ones I really kinda own.
(DIR) Post #Au2oEqtni9GXfWZGe8 by zleap@qoto.org
2025-05-13T07:32:38Z
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@selea the vendors are under some dillusion everything needs to be connected to the internet and or needs AI. But yeah, also about getting you to buy in to their services.
(DIR) Post #Au2ojVKPxbVHkHdLv6 by codeofamor@social.codeofamor.net
2025-05-13T07:38:09Z
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@selea @alexadeswift The informed market is crying out for open source devices
(DIR) Post #Au2qZfAYiVF1HNSQE4 by rbuzz@mastodon.social
2025-05-13T07:58:52Z
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@selea or...
(DIR) Post #Au2u9adLMEchV1kBou by fossunleashed@social.linux.pizza
2025-05-13T08:39:00Z
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@selea I wish this behavior were limited to proprietary software. Sometimes forking means setting up a bunch of infra too
(DIR) Post #Au2uo7MD6x6CZc3UVU by Natanox@chaos.social
2025-05-13T08:46:18Z
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@selea Like, not at all? 🫣 I know it isn't as easy or (unfortunately) as cheap, but so far you could absolutely navigate around and get everything done in Hamburg, Germany, without a phone.
(DIR) Post #Au2xZ6vAkYzgjuwbI0 by selea@social.linux.pizza
2025-05-13T09:17:10Z
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@mkj @Natanox No smartphone and no BankID - major pain, and you are basically an outcast. Many stores does not accept payments without.
(DIR) Post #Au2z4QFP2rWRbttwTw by finlaydag33k@social.linux.pizza
2025-05-13T09:34:05Z
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@selea Assuming your device isn't 2 years old already and your vendor still even bothers with security updates to begin with. :')
(DIR) Post #Au30BZhIPQ5utqvFdw by hippietywhoop@mastodon.social
2025-05-13T09:46:33Z
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@selea I'm so sick of this, honestly.
(DIR) Post #Au30u7kJB7dVF1Zeng by kaito02@mastodon.social
2025-05-13T09:54:38Z
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@selea "if you agree to these terms, you agree that your data may be used to train machine learning models"
(DIR) Post #Au32agvSs1e4Szebku by mrundkvist@archaeo.social
2025-05-13T10:13:27Z
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@selea And also the planned obsolence of them pushing an operating system update to your device that is too computing-heavy and makes it slow.
(DIR) Post #Au33v9NCufIWRNwwim by ingram@mastodon.social
2025-05-13T10:28:23Z
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@selea If only there were nice modern devices that did not require internet access.
(DIR) Post #Au34Q1v4fxeaIgW1Eu by saua@troet.cafe
2025-05-13T10:25:37Z
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@finlaydag33k @selea At least the big vendors are closer to 5-7 years of security updates now. Still not great (and still getting all the other undesired updates at the same time), but better than having to trash a perfectly working phone after 2 years.
(DIR) Post #Au34Q2zMhUgDcHWxZA by selea@social.linux.pizza
2025-05-13T10:34:00Z
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@saua @finlaydag33k The problem is that those vendors can whenever they want, change their policy that you are forced to accept because they shove new shit into your throat
(DIR) Post #Au35G9CqpSg1xSgL1U by DziadekMick@mstdn.social
2025-05-13T10:43:22Z
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@selea Then there’s the sleazy new firmware which limits the products or apps you can use.
(DIR) Post #Au3BK2sosaffEMYQU4 by MaierAmsden@mastodon.social
2025-05-13T11:51:22Z
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@selea Seems every #Spamsung update I get resets my permissions and notifications to the default all-seeing eye of Sauron mode.
(DIR) Post #Au3BYx8MXO81k8vszg by devin_and_earth@mastodon.social
2025-05-13T11:54:00Z
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@selea Solution: get a device like the Lite Phone, which won’t push bullshit on you and is also so unknown that no one wants to pierce its security. 👌
(DIR) Post #Au3F9C9sSDa4d0c9rM by sebulon@mastodon.social
2025-05-13T12:34:11Z
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@selea Our situation particularly sucks since we've allowed the worst private companies (banks) to be the authority for identification instead of- you know- THE GOVERNMENT! TBF there are other ways of identification for the most important services like taxes but for basically "normal" life a smartphone with proprietary software/firmware is required these days 😥
(DIR) Post #Au3G11ZS2BpBQfFCVs by publicvoit@graz.social
2025-05-13T12:43:53Z
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@selea Only if you really think that "modern" means vendor/cloud-linked. 🙄If you change your tool selection process, you can break free right from the start. 😉
(DIR) Post #Au3mgxMjFxiv5BKeRc by Gekko@social.linux.pizza
2025-05-13T18:50:04Z
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@selea absolutely true. Therefore collecting old computers and running them with Linux
(DIR) Post #Au3nDV1ZeJrUjwxFdg by MisterMaker@fosstodon.org
2025-05-13T18:55:52Z
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@selea So stop complaining start working on opensource hard-ware and software to fight it!
(DIR) Post #Au3nUvZcC4oC0HBgdk by selea@social.linux.pizza
2025-05-13T18:59:05Z
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@MisterMaker So people without technical knowledge is not eligible to complain over an disfunctional trend in our society?
(DIR) Post #Au3pPgt1ZWIeuftedM by botvolution@mastodon.sdf.org
2025-05-13T19:20:24Z
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@selea @mkj @Natanox How do tourists manage?
(DIR) Post #Au4aHdstXsSn8CV4eu by MisterMaker@fosstodon.org
2025-05-14T04:05:48Z
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@selea You can complain all you want doesn't change a thing. Also if you can't work on it, then invest in it.
(DIR) Post #Au4jtwYJUAWNcYDAwK by selea@social.linux.pizza
2025-05-14T05:53:30Z
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@MisterMaker I did not ask for your opinion about something I already do.
(DIR) Post #Au4xUDlMH2lCpKwSrg by MisterMaker@fosstodon.org
2025-05-14T08:25:44Z
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@selea I apologize for my unwanted rude comments. Lets work together and put an end to these big companies screwing us over.
(DIR) Post #B1qlUwYy8ZjQ8pt26C by Dutch2Redux_Elecrtric_Boogaloo@annihilation.social
2026-01-01T19:02:20.741211Z
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@selea my smartphone was 150 euro and its 10 years old also you are gay