glasses and face masks it is then

they finally got what they wanted

we depose them. they can’t try again next year if they are not in power. of course that’s easier said, but there is an out that’s historically effective against abuse of power.

solutions like alternative apps and oses and techniques are always an individualistic bandaid that should be thought of as temporary until they close the loophole.

honestly, i think we need to start thinking about making our own phones. we probably have off the shelf hardware that can run aosp or linux right? and then skip the proprietary crap as much as possible.

honestly i wish we just had a way to pressure google out of this.

i have mine unlocked, but it’s not looking good for the future.

all-out war on custom ROMs (which is a possibility, however unlikely)

its very likely. they already have.

no, they don’t. though if it were that easy we wouldn’t need to worry that much about things like chat control.

they are gonna keep at it until it passes. the only way to stop this is deposing them.

and with the amount of places now doing it, it seems shit is tryna hit the fan already.

yup, yall became full us vassals.

welcome to the club, get ready for austerity so us corporations can thrive.

using the empire’s app and tracking devices for an act of defiance against the empire. they likely didn’t even think of it.

leftists and activists desperately need more computer literacy.

that’s because you are trying an individual solution to a collective problem.

going for the roots of it involves going for the corporations and oligarchs taking control of our electronics, not simply installing a private rom.

because their objective in doing this is surveillance, not really to “protect children”. the entire point is moot anyway, and we shouldn’t spend our anger at each other.

(and i’d argue blanket age-gating stuff like wikipedia is probably harmful for children, yea)

sure, but chill

they have come to represent the fediverse, whatever journalista think it is. we are thankfully way too small atm to warrant so much attention.

let the journalists have their field day, and enjoy lemmy while we can.

people often miss that ublock origin also works on mobile firefox and variants. so, that too.

that’s why i straight up delete proprietary corporate apps now whenever possible, even if i don’t use them.

they WILL do what they want unprompted, then make it difficult to undo.

alternatively, you can use adaway to get the same blocklists directly on your phone.

its better with root but it works rootless.

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