Slight tangent, but autocorrect seems to have gotten terrible the last year or so. My theory: as more and more people are using it, the initial dataset is being diluted by more and more bad typers. Instead of improving the dataset, it’s pulling it in so many different directions that it doesn’t know which way is up anymore

Build it and they will come edit someone already did!

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I wonder, could this problem be solved by adding some ‘junk’ data to each access request? With that junk data being a unique identifier, so the authorities can setup a sting to catch whoever is selling access

Thanks for the explanation! It seems I’ve been irrationally afraid of installing new OS’s after previous experience.

Oh I see, GOS is a rom? I’m really nervous about putting a custom rom on my phone, last time I tried that it permanently broke all the NFC on my samsung galaxy

Thanks for the suggestion. I’m currently using Nova (I can almost hear you groaning haha), AFAICT the DDG app is blocking any trackers in that.

Does GrapheneOS match Nova in features? Tbh the main one that I use Nova for is to take control of the home screen (removing the stupid google widgets that take up 1/3rd of screen), and letting me customize the amount of apps per row / column

Good suggestions. I just set Firefox to use DDG as my default search… something I’ve been slowly working my way through also, is replacing all the default-google apps on my phone with FOSS alternatives. It’s involving a bit of trial and error, as of course free software that doesn’t monetize the user often doesn’t provide the polished experience you get from a google app. Many of them are perfectly fine though.

I’d recommend also that everyone installs DuckDuckGo browser app on their phone, as it blocks trackers in all your other apps even when you’re not browsing. Pixel 7a has a truly disturbing amount of tracking requests, not sure if other phones are as bad.