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Alright so if I was the leader of a country and looking at my enemy country’s election I would consider saying I support someone who I don’t want to be in office so that people vote for the person I do like. But then again maybe I would know that people would know that so I would choose to support the opposite person instead. But then I think to myself “they probably know that I would know that they know I know what they know. And knowing is half the battle.” And realize G I Joe might just fuck himself up regardless of who I pick so I just choose a side and laugh about it because it doesn’t matter who I choose, only that I’m saying something to fuck with that entire country.

G.I. JOOOOOOEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Well I play video games, and woo boy, let me tell you about microtransactions, crap DLC content, season passes, never ending early access, unfinished releases, and anti cheat root-kits! If you’re on console you pay a premium to play online, if you’re on PC you have 18 different game launchers and DRM bullshit. Digital only stuff means you don’t own your games, cant loan them or trade them or sell them. I’m sure there’s more, and admittedly there’s good with the bad. Graphics have come a long way, and some rare innovations are fun to see. I still have fun with it, but wow it is a fucked up landscape full of way more land mines than it used to be.

I get that - and that’s a fine choice. I suppose my point is that I view Google the company, the entire entity, as the enemy of privacy. Therefore, I want nothing to do with them if at all possible, on any level.

I will admit it’s depressingly difficult, the whole reason I’m looking at this is because my old iPhone is nearly dead and I’ve been wanting to get away from them for awhile too. It feels like I’m looking at American politics. Both major parties suck for different reasons but anyone else looks like roadkill by comparison.

¯\(ツ)/¯

Every excuse in the world to keep using products brought to us by the enemy of privacy. This is why there are so few options.

And yes, that’s part of my concern. Even if others don’t notice, I still know. I still would be a hypocrite, railing on google for their bullshit, and then still using their products.

I’m not really judging anyone for buying a Pixel and taking the easy way out. Trying to maintain privacy with tech is a major pain in the ass, it gets tiresome quickly. But holy shit, people in this privacy community sure are quick to rail on me for trying to avoid the largest offender in privacy invasion.

I’m literally in the process of trying to find one.

I’m not delusional, I don’t think I’m going to single handedly bankrupt google, but I would really prefer to not support them in any way.

Some people are suggesting second hand Pixels so Google doesn’t get my money, but that’s still free advertising for them when I’m seen using it. It’s sort of like I don’t want to wear a google shirt when I’m completely against them.

https://community.e.foundation/t/list-devices-where-bootloader-can-be-relocked/48424

Cause fuck Google, that’s why. I will likely indeed vote with my wallet, right now eyeing a fairphone with /e/OS but have not decided yet. It might not be the latest and greatest but I’m finding I don’t really use all the bells and whistles anyway. Give me email, web browsing, a basic camera, and maps, and that’s 90% of what I do on my phone so it looks like a suitable candidate. If I already had a google device then maybe Graphene is a great option, but I’m not further rewarding google by buying their spyware and having to mod it.

Ooo a privacy phone… that requires buying a google phone. Fuck that, I’m not shelling out money to the very company causing most of these concerns.

This is by far the most confusing part when I consider switching over - which one to get? Primarily Steam gaming, but I saw someone mention the Nvidia cards I have might not play nice.

So once upon a time this was a thing…

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe-fitting_fluoroscope

Xerox it.

Tape a show.

I saw someone once suggest we popularize saying “Bing it”.

Not sure. It’s unverified speculation. People are weirdly attached to software these days. My answer to problems like these is to find something else. Tor seems decent.

So google is a privacy nightmare. Google pays firefox. There’s not a lot more dots to connect here. How is anyone surprised at things like this?

I was ordering books from thriftbooks.com and every order came in with these. I don’t drink wine and I couldn’t tell what the catch was (looks like the minimum spend is the catch and I guess that’s not awful) so I ended up chucking them. Funny to see this pop up here like a week later

Or sour cream. Then slam that on everything. But mostly potatoes. And dip all other veggies in it.

Playing Elden Ring but that’s pricey. Check humble bundle for cheap stuff. Or isthereanydeal.com.

Otherwise, Starcraft 2 is mostly free and still hands down the best RTS of all time, that shit will destroy your free time. Warframe is also quality and free, with a massive amount of content. Same goes for Path of Exile, and theyve got a sequel on the way that looks to be shaping up nicely.

Back on the RTS thing, Stormgate just opened to the public. Havent had time to try that yet but looks decent, and partially free.

You’re not using the new stuff in the DLC? Lotta cool things to play with. I’m on a dex build using some heavy fucking armor I got right in the beginning and switching between the various dex weapons I keep finding. I kind of want to level up more so I can try new spells without having to respec

What? No way, these things can’t jump! There might be actual sand fleas or other bugs that do that, but not what this guy has in the picture