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

• Omgpwnies@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ 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 ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That’s probably not a viable economic decision though

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  • magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨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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      • emokidforever@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Agreed, but teaching them the skills to do it themselves is better than doing the process for them.

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  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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 ⁨52⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ 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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨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 ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Why?

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