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L'interdiction des smartphones au collège devrait être généralisée à la rentrée - Next in c/france@jlai.lu

[–] hector@sh.itjust.works 1 points 44 minutes ago

C'était déjà le cas quand j'étais au collège, j'ai eu mon bac en 2024 pour référence.

UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill. in c/technology@lemmy.world

4chan's DOGE-inspired April Fools' prank leaves posters seething: ‘This board has been closed by order of the Department of 4chan Efficiency.’ in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] hector@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Aficionados kinda makes me think of having a sense of taste, while /pol/ sound to me like eating shit so I'm not sure 😅

Linux is too hard in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

[–] hector@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

That's true! I just remember helping my troubleshoot his issues recently and it was a nightmare going into the registry and editing stuff, the UX is so bad!

I love when Linux gets complex because it makes sense. When Windows gets complex with Powershell, or any other horrible stuff in this OS, I just wish it wouldn't lol.

Again, still not the norm. But I pray for all the nontechnical gen-z players of Valorant when something bad happens on their PC lol

Palestinian Oscar winner lynched by Israeli settlers and kidnapped by IDF in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

[–] hector@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe you can be aware of it but you can slowly appreciate it in all of its horror.

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I need a new phone but I want to do this right (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago by hector@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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(Please when answering, assume I’m not a beginner at privacy/programming :) I know where the good stuff at)

First off, shameful confession: I’m writing this on a dying yellow iPhone XR I bought second-hand three years ago (189€). I absolutely love the look of it: the screen, build quality, are all amazing. The only problem was the locked ecosystem (sideloading Spotify/Torrent client was sooo hard).

I saw the android phone of my mother dying really fast. She currently has a Xiaomi phone that’s ridiculously big for my hands, there’s advertisements in the stocks apps (?!!), the UX is janky and everything. It looks like a bloat, privacy nightmare.

So… because it’s impossible to find a jailbreakable phone nowadays I need to buy an android and ideally I would want:

Good screen (vivid colors)
Good build quality (not shitty plastic)
Don’t care about the camera (I don’t want those ridiculously big cameras they make nowadays)
Would want to install either GrapheneOS/LineageOS

The things that scare me off:

I really need my bank app and I need it updated so I have to use Google Play Services but I don’t want it to plague my phone with privacy bullshit (I want to be degoogled)

The things that excite me:

Customization possibilities
Learning experience
Even more privacy than a de-googled IOS phone :)
F-Droid!! (Maybe I’ll find a beautiful IRC client)
More choices for Mastodon & Lemmy clients
Freedom of free software.
client for open-source git providers :)

But to get all of that, I don’t want Google, I need shitty apps (non-free software) I have to install:

Instagram (for non-technical friends)
GitHub (job & open-source)
No-Ad Modded Spotify from Balatan
Discord (gamer friends)
Telegram (cryptobros friends)
Steam (because I still love gaming)

Any advices? Phone ideas? I’m so lost in this ocean of choice (freedom ✨)

My current phone: