No one of consequence.
Pretty much, but GPS being a centralized place to manage notifications also uses a lot of battery. Before I added it I was just using Signal as the APK. On its own it will use a lot of battery checking for new messages. But you can turn that off and just check for messages when you open the app. In that case the phone is effectively only on standby and does not draw much power. I am running a pixel 7 if it matters. I suppose one might also have to self inventory if they care about getting notifications as they come. I certainly do. Still I got the GPS as I was going to be using a few other apps that required them. From a certain perspective I wouldn’t mind being unreachable until i decide to check the app myself. To be clear now that I do use GPS the power draw is similar to when I had a note 9, so it does not seem that the “extra” power use is due to some un-optimized stuff; just that I am in fact running more stuff as one should expect by installing the sandbox.
As far as WhatsApp goes you can download the apk directly from them if you don’t want to install the google play sandbox for some reason.
As far as battery life a big drain is google play stuff. I ran my graphene without if for a while and could get a full week of battery (tho that was also way more minimalistic app set up)
It seems to be so “noteworthy” that nobody is talking about it, and it sounds very optional.
I mean not to be a tin foil hat but they are not going to admit to negative side effects. Take issues with right to repair and how they fly under the radar. John Deere is a big offender that affects everyone and few will know. Your food supply should be noteworthy.
Sometimes I do wonder as a morbid curiosity if using their software could have a privacy benefit. Not to imply that they wouldn’t spy, just that they have less ability to act on the information. Like the report of a mother discussing an abortion with her teen daughter on messenger were Meta turned over the chats.
Also as a snide comment the CCCP is the Soviet Union, which is defunct now. One less C and you might improve your standing and get a television.
I know about the fuzzy finders and regular expressions. The Q was why I think it is helpful and I answered that. You’re just hitting me with some dogma. You could also just know where your stuff is at and not need search tools either. Recall is a neat idea, but I don’t have confidence in M$ execution or privacy.
Same reason file manager has a recents. It helps you return to previous work. Asking it if it remembers which paper had which conclusion or graph would make being a grad students easier. Perhaps it reminds you about some deliverable you promised in an email is due is three days. I see it as a good tool to organize productivity with. Like I said no one has earned the trust this software would require.
There are online SMS/email you can use. Still you can skip the verify step for the email. Letting an account age and gather some karma (with few comments to not trip spam filter) should help.
I’d go topublic WiFi before vpn