Yes. I keep hearing how Microsoft or Apple or Google is about to do something I shouldn’t miss. And they (the unmissable things) keep being kind of big nothings.

Same! My parents were so worried about how much time I spent at the computer. Now it’s my day job (computer programmer).

This is more like a law that says libraries can preserve and lend games as well as books.

Which ought to be common sense, but here we are.

Yes. 10% is a rookie CEO number.

Zuck needs to AI harder. If they’re so sure they don’t need expert help, why not prove it?

If you wanted to actually transform the world with tech in a way it’s not just superficial, you’d create task forces that sit together with specialist in each field of medical, construction, logistics, finance etc. give them 2 years to build prototypes and action plans.

I suspect they tried that, but specialists expect to be paid for their time, and expect their work to benefit the planet. Both seem to be hard stop deal breakers for the modern tech bro.

Weasely parasitic pile of dog shit?

Of course, at least dog shit comes from dogs. I like dogs.

Edit: I’ve also heard nice things about actual weasels. But mosquito-esque takes too long to say.

Teams works fine on GrapheneOS.

I recall Google Maps working briefly before I fired it in favor of buying a dedicated hardware map solution.

If they do work, which De-Googled OS should I go for?

Depends on your needs, I suppose.

All the options you’ve listed are an improvement over stock.

I had an old spare pixel to try out GrapheneOS, and it was faster than my newer phone, so I started buying GrapheneOS-ready hardware from then on.

I put LineageOS on some other hardware, and I miss some privacy features, but it’s still pretty nice.

Lastly, if I install another OS and regret it, is it possible to install the stock OS again?

Yes. There’s instructions to take a back up, at the start of the process.

My plan was to fall back to eOS or LineageOS if I hated GrapheneOS, but it’s been lovely.

Edit: Also, what happens after Google’s “Unverified App” decision has passed, will this affect these alternative OS?

That’s all part of Google’s app ecosystem. Install F-Droid or Droidify, and you’ll be immune to all that. Aurora may work as well, but usual disclaimer for Aurora - it relies on Google and might break at any time.

GrapheneOS has made public statements GrapheneOS itself is unaffected.

Yes. It’s the same thing, except when I joined the market knowing fuck all about computers, while coding with my cute little BASIC commands; there wasn’t some tech bro asshole telling all the C programmers that their skills would no longer be required. Or at least he (implicated in Epstein files billionaire, Bill Gates) wasn’t saying it quite so loudly (as accused rapist billionaire Sam Altman).

Incidentally, I still work with that same C programmer, I’m still learning from them, but have since taught them a trick or two; and we both now charge sinful amounts of money for our time.

honestly there are build tools that could do that for me, I don’t need to buy tokens for that.

Yes. This is where every “have you tried Agentic AI?” conservation lands, for me.

They tell me I could pay daily, for worse results, to give up the bash script that has worked perfectly for five years. Oh, gee. Tell me more! Haha.

but that handful isn’t enough to actually force meaningful change or to prevent the worst from happening. :(

Yes. They’re allowing the planet to boil to avoid briefly inconveniencing idiot billionaires who believe they will science magic their way to Mars to escape.

We don’t need any more evidence that they’re worthless traitors to humanity. =/

Absolutely everything in modern technology is rent seeking from people who really only need a free copy of Open Offfice Calc.

It’s (usually) all in good fun.

Anyway, we can’t talk shit to anyone except each-other. No one else understands our jargon.