Opt out of the duopoly by getting a freedom Linux phone like FLX1s from FuriLabs, or the Mecha Comet with cellular modem. Or if you're technical, you can install postmarketOS on a Fairphone 5 or OnePlus 6. Sendero Linux…
Librem 5 / Liberty Phone will be working well after many of these Androids reach 'EoL' and end up in the landfill. That is because it is modular and supports hardware upgrades (like a computer which it is), something…
Linux is coming there too, see Raven Prism and Monaco Glass for example.
Yeah, all of them claim that... but I just walk into the bank and say I don't have an Android or Apple 'smart' phone, only a Linux pocket computer (Librem 5). So they could either buy me a duopoly smart phone, or let me…
If 'society' can mandate garbage on us, that is a bigger problem.
Are you saying the e-gov platform cannot be accessed using their website on a computer? So people without smartphones are excluded?
I need a head phone jack too, but I guess using a USB-C to 3.5 mm Headphone Jack Adapter is way cheaper and simpler than engineering a brand new Linux phone that caters exactly to everyone's preferences : )
It may be possible to install Ubuntu Touch or Droidian on it...?
It's possible to register a Signal account using signal-cli. Available on Flathub, and also Alpine repos. You can use a mobile number or a landline. I use Signal Desktop on a Librem 5 and everything works except the…
$50 per phone would not make them enough money to pay developers. You would be left with a worse version of the Pinephone. We can't pay peanuts and expect the situation to improve significantly.
I agree. Is there any country that requires an app to file your taxes?
The trick is to never, ever install the banking app on your phone. If you only use their web app from the beginning (account creation) and say you don't have a duopoly phone, the app will not be required.
Well, if enough of us paid Apple level prices to Linux vendors, we would have Apple level Linux laptops and phones eventually. Not fair to pay next to nothing and then compare Linux to Apple.
They are just like tiny laptops, so you can certainly shutdown and swap the battery.
You're comparing a Linux OS (postmarketOS) to a device (FLX1). I think you meant to compare postmarketOS to FuriOS : ) FuriOS (and its base Droidian) are at a better stage of development for devices made to run Android…
This is also my approach. I use the bank websites. If any dirty fiat banking cartel or other group try to force their app down my throat, I simply take my money and go elsewhere! This is the only way we can solve this.…
Me too. Too bad it can only be installed on Google hardware. Instead of giving $$$ to a surveillance corporation, I'd rather give it to small Linux phone vendors who are on the user's side from day one! GrapheneOS is…
Of course that's why we use and love GNU / Linux, because of snap and snappiness! _ No GNU/Linux user ever Please take my freedom in exchange for snappiness and security. _ (a)NO(ther) GNU/Linux user Users have the…
PostmarketOS on a Liberty Phone (upgraded Librem 5) works fine, and just gets better with each major update which is twice a year!
I'm daily driving the latest stable (24.12 now) on a Librem 5 with no major issues. VoLTE calls and SMS work fine although I couldn't care less as there isn't much reason to use unencrypted legacy comms in 2025 when we…
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Opt out of the duopoly by getting a freedom Linux phone like FLX1s from FuriLabs, or the Mecha Comet with cellular modem. Or if you're technical, you can install postmarketOS on a Fairphone 5 or OnePlus 6. Sendero Linux…
Librem 5 / Liberty Phone will be working well after many of these Androids reach 'EoL' and end up in the landfill. That is because it is modular and supports hardware upgrades (like a computer which it is), something…
Linux is coming there too, see Raven Prism and Monaco Glass for example.
Yeah, all of them claim that... but I just walk into the bank and say I don't have an Android or Apple 'smart' phone, only a Linux pocket computer (Librem 5). So they could either buy me a duopoly smart phone, or let me…
If 'society' can mandate garbage on us, that is a bigger problem.
Are you saying the e-gov platform cannot be accessed using their website on a computer? So people without smartphones are excluded?
I need a head phone jack too, but I guess using a USB-C to 3.5 mm Headphone Jack Adapter is way cheaper and simpler than engineering a brand new Linux phone that caters exactly to everyone's preferences : )
It may be possible to install Ubuntu Touch or Droidian on it...?
It's possible to register a Signal account using signal-cli. Available on Flathub, and also Alpine repos. You can use a mobile number or a landline. I use Signal Desktop on a Librem 5 and everything works except the…
$50 per phone would not make them enough money to pay developers. You would be left with a worse version of the Pinephone. We can't pay peanuts and expect the situation to improve significantly.
I agree. Is there any country that requires an app to file your taxes?
The trick is to never, ever install the banking app on your phone. If you only use their web app from the beginning (account creation) and say you don't have a duopoly phone, the app will not be required.
Well, if enough of us paid Apple level prices to Linux vendors, we would have Apple level Linux laptops and phones eventually. Not fair to pay next to nothing and then compare Linux to Apple.
They are just like tiny laptops, so you can certainly shutdown and swap the battery.
You're comparing a Linux OS (postmarketOS) to a device (FLX1). I think you meant to compare postmarketOS to FuriOS : ) FuriOS (and its base Droidian) are at a better stage of development for devices made to run Android…
This is also my approach. I use the bank websites. If any dirty fiat banking cartel or other group try to force their app down my throat, I simply take my money and go elsewhere! This is the only way we can solve this.…
Me too. Too bad it can only be installed on Google hardware. Instead of giving $$$ to a surveillance corporation, I'd rather give it to small Linux phone vendors who are on the user's side from day one! GrapheneOS is…
Of course that's why we use and love GNU / Linux, because of snap and snappiness! _ No GNU/Linux user ever Please take my freedom in exchange for snappiness and security. _ (a)NO(ther) GNU/Linux user Users have the…
PostmarketOS on a Liberty Phone (upgraded Librem 5) works fine, and just gets better with each major update which is twice a year!
I'm daily driving the latest stable (24.12 now) on a Librem 5 with no major issues. VoLTE calls and SMS work fine although I couldn't care less as there isn't much reason to use unencrypted legacy comms in 2025 when we…
Secureblue has entered the chat.