Comment on GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information

voluble@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Flipper@feddit.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They can just sell their normal phone. As long as the user is able to run the installer it doesn’t really matter.

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  • Omgpwnies@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    During prohibition era, there was a brick of dried grapes being sold as a nutrition supplement or something like that, but it had a “warning” sticker attached say specifically not to dissolve it in a specific quantity of water, and if that were to happen, do not let a specific quantity of yeast to fall in it, and especially not to let it sit for 6 weeks, or else you might end up with wine, which is forbidden!

    I can see a cheeky sort of company selling a phone with a little warning label attached to it…

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  • Evotech@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That’s probably not a viable economic decision though

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    • magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If you can’t open a windows computer, connect an android phone to it, and use a simple UI tool you’re probably not capable of actually privacy.

      This isn’t me being elitist its just the fact that the resources needed to make this shit viable and easy are being tied up to corporations in order to make more corporate spyware.

      Privacy under fascism takes time, effort, and education.

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      • tabular@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        What else can those those value privacy and have computer skills do but try to be a good example and offer to help to those around them without the know-how?

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    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      mandatory age verifications on the OS isn’t a viable economic decision either, but that’s not stopping Media Matters and Meta from forcing their shitty anti-privacy policies on citizens.

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    • IEatDaFeesh@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If they ship with Android but confirm that GrapheneOS works, those who even know of GrapheneOS’s existence will put in the effort to install it themselves. It’s totally viable and a simple plan.

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    • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That’s probably not a viable economic decision though

      Should still be a good deal for Motorola. There’s a bunch of folks now who buy whatever phone runs GrapheneOS best. Whichever company courts us gets our business.

      I’m sure we’re not a landslide, but sometimes niche communities can still make a huge difference for a company.

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      • lemmyng@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Hi, yes, it’s me, I’m one of those bunch of folks who would willingly switch off Google’s Tensor crap modem to ideally a Motorola phone with a Qualcomm modem that can run Graphene.

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    • Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Why?

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• nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  what the fuck is a graphene OS device

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  • PearOfJudes@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Google Pixels can be flashed with Graphene OS which is just a debloated, private, secure, opensource OS.

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    • nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      I don’t think a Google pixel is considered a grapheneOS device

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      • RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨43⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        When you put grapheneOS on it it is, and until Motorola releases their phones designed for it it’s the primary option.

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  • PearOfJudes@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Ig they are called grapheneOS devices?

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• IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Imagine if California then declared a ban on the sale of GrapheneOS compatible phones.

  would be fun to see.

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