As a German, I often find the French protests inspiring. They seem enthusiastic and convinced that they can make a difference, whereas in Germany many people use their perceived insignificance as an excuse for why it’s pointless to even try.

Congrats! I’m glad I never started using it, cause while it hasn’t been easy I think it’s likely much harder to get off of it. So good job!

The new requirements will “only” apply for “certified” Android devices. I’m pretty sure, devices running a custom ROM aren’t certified, especially if you don’t even have Google Services installed. Nevertheless, I’m looking forward to a bright future for Linux phones.

That’s how I feel about most Microsoft products actually.

OMG, thank you! Until now I thought I was the only person to be fucking annoyed by this shit.

Ah I see. Yeah I try to do the same as much as possible. But there still are those apps that just don’t offer such functionality, unfortunately.

Alright, thank you!

A question on the self hosted app backups: Do you mean using synchronization functionalities that the apps themselves have built-in? Like using a contacts app that syncs the contacts via CardDav? Or do you actually synchronize the apps themselves with their app-specific data (like settings etc.)? Because if that is possible, I would be very interested!

Yeah, your points really do make sense. Thank you for your insights!

Living that potathoe lifestyle

I could also imagine DRM, though not directly privacy related, being a thing. Like the issues of freedom and openness are probably also important to many people who value privacy and might therefore prefer GOG or something over Steam.

Edit: I see someone else mentioned this already: https://lemmy.world/comment/16903223

Same with video games.

I’ve heard (so no certainty), that they analyzed plastic trash collected from beaches and found plastic bottle caps to be a significant part of it. So they thought it would be worth trying to solve that problem.

See? Scientists have no clue about climate either! So need to listen to them!!1!