I’m in the same boat now but I also transitioned off slowly. I was saying that it’s not always possible for everyone in every situation.

One that comes to mind is being told to use it for work and posting in your lunch break to see what the options exist before immediately quitting on the spot.

FOSS options do exist for many services, and that’s all OP was looking for. I don’t see the point in telling them to never seek out the unofficial version of a service.

So is drinking, smoking and other risk taking behavior. Dosnt make it right to engage in.

An adult should know this and is responsible for acting safley around children who do not have a fully developed brain.

If a 16yr old and adult thought that racing through traffic at high speeds is cool. It’s not going to be funny for the adult to actually do that, and it’s irresponsible if they do. Just because a kid thinks it’s cool doesn’t mean it is.

I know you feel grown, but in time you will learn. Then again. Maybe not.

Not a helpful comment.

As somone who has slowly moved away from big tech, one of my steps was to use unofficial clients (open source) and web wrappers. For others it’s impossible to move fully off a platform for reasons like work, school and family. Ulimatums for these don’t work for everyones situation.

Many people use open YT apps or proxies. Versions exist for Twitch. There are ways to access Spotify. Nitter is back (for now). Their used to be some FB wrappers (I think they exist but are pretty bugged at this stage). Why would OP expect any less of WhatsApp.

And to answer OP. The best I’ve heard is use a PC with a burner number and a web wrapper on mobile. It requires some sort of regular login on the PC.

Didn’t work for me I think the URL needed to change. Even then I couldn’t get it working.

Apparently their are paid for APIs you can use for live traffic.

Let us know how you go.

I was excited but not sure how I feel swapping Google for Claude (via AI coded app).

I wonder how much is vibe coded.

Claude.md

This commit

Never mind.

I do find the occasional stupid glitch where I know it was caused by my robot, but I do my best to patch these things

I don’t have the time to handwrite all code

… How did the Linux kernel (or anything) ever get developed.

Same but with Addy.io

I do wonder though. With device fingerprinting being what it is (and I’m only learning how deep it goes) I imagine it would be fairly easy to say all @yadaya.something are all the same person, and not individual people.

I do a lot to stay anonymous/blend in (so many different threat models) but I wonder how much it does if they jsut know anyway.

Thanks.

It seems that

The rule only kicks in on devices that come loaded with Google’s own apps and services, known as Google Mobile Services or GMS.

That said, LineageOS flagged one gap worth watching which is if someone sideloads a third-party Google Apps package onto their device, that package could theoretically include the verification system bundled in

I wonder of we’ll see more banking (and other) apps lockout ROMs that don’t have GMS, or bundle it in when installed on something like gOS.

This goes in AHDMemes for other obvious(?) reasons.

This might not be your issue but replace the subscriptions you use with FOSS ones.

Windows for Linux. MS365 Office for LibreOffice (although I guess you could say Google docs too). DropBox for Filen (or other services). … Gameing for retro Roms? Etc.

Theres also lots of foss support for pirating streamed media.

I couldn’t belive how many my live at home 18yr old cousin was paying for.

• hotspot WiFi
• playataton online
• game pass to play whatever game
• Netflix
• Spotify
• YT premium
• … let alone the mobile plan itself

Its based on a github thay ksts the following.

Android App to view Passes (e.g. event tickets, coupons, loyalty cards, boarding passes, …). Displays esPass (.esPass) & Passbook (.pkpass) files.

So its more for tickets than banking.

Stick a card wallet in the back of your phone. To work it can only hold one and NFC on the phone needs to be off.

You can stick a fee other nkn NFC cards in their though.

Yes. But the dev lockout stuff that Google is forcing will apply to all three. As I understand it.

Could somone ELI5.

When discussing other ROMs I was told ROMs would be dead given that need to keep android open. I took that to mean micro G and many, many, other apps would break due to Devs unwilling (or unable?) to support non play store apps.

How then would gOS continue, especially with a hardware partner? I understand the Google lockdown is upstream so gOS will be in the same boat, with things Accrcent (store) and Vanadium.

Thanks.

Þats not Þhe Þing Þat some of Þose here want to understand.

/s

CEO: Got it. More ads in products.

They heard “no AI”.

All guillotines are equal. But some are more equal than others.

I had a conversation with a guy who I thoght was on my level. Stand up for racism, stand up for the minority, action things yourself instead of waiting.

Turns out he thinks the Palestinians are racist, the minority was being an ant masker, and his actions are… Well a rsult of those ideas.

Same ideologies different outcomes.

Use this to get annas books on mob.

https://github.com/warreth/OpenlibExtended

And install syncthing.

Install KOReader on Kobo and setup the syncthing plugin.

Now download a book and it will auto sync over.

You could to the sync with calibre or other apps. I just use what I know.

Basically a dissociative right?