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  1. Becca @[email protected] ·

    HOLY FUCK

    I was just in the middle of trying to fill a prescription and Android system update forcibly kicked me out and restarted my phone with no way to delay it

    i already clicked the install later button, scheduled for march 3, then it did it anyway

    causing me actual monetary and time damage by disrupting a medical process

    this shit has gone way too fucking far. no more forced automatic updates

    #FuckGoogle #FuckAndroid #FuckTechBros

    #fuckgoogle #fuckandroid #fucktechbros
  2. Becca @bweller ·

    HOLY FUCK

    I was just in the middle of trying to fill a prescription and Android system update forcibly kicked me out and restarted my phone with no way to delay it

    i already clicked the install later button, scheduled for march 3, then it did it anyway

    causing me actual monetary and time damage by disrupting a medical process

    this shit has gone way too fucking far. no more forced automatic updates

    #fucktechbros #fuckgoogle #fuckandroid
  3. Becca @[email protected] ·

    HOLY FUCK

    I was just in the middle of trying to fill a prescription and Android system update forcibly kicked me out and restarted my phone with no way to delay it

    i already clicked the install later button, scheduled for march 3, then it did it anyway

    causing me actual monetary and time damage by disrupting a medical process

    this shit has gone way too fucking far. no more forced automatic updates

    #FuckGoogle #FuckAndroid #FuckTechBros

    #fucktechbros #fuckgoogle #fuckandroid
  4. Becca @[email protected] ·

    HOLY FUCK

    I was just in the middle of trying to fill a prescription and Android system update forcibly kicked me out and restarted my phone with no way to delay it

    i already clicked the install later button, scheduled for march 3, then it did it anyway

    causing me actual monetary and time damage by disrupting a medical process

    this shit has gone way too fucking far. no more forced automatic updates

    #FuckGoogle #FuckAndroid #FuckTechBros

    #fucktechbros #fuckandroid #fuckgoogle
  5. Becca @[email protected] ·

    HOLY FUCK

    I was just in the middle of trying to fill a prescription and Android system update forcibly kicked me out and restarted my phone with no way to delay it

    i already clicked the install later button, scheduled for march 3, then it did it anyway

    causing me actual monetary and time damage by disrupting a medical process

    this shit has gone way too fucking far. no more forced automatic updates

    #FuckGoogle #FuckAndroid #FuckTechBros

    #fuckgoogle #fuckandroid #fucktechbros
  6. Becca @[email protected] ·

    oh look Google re-enabled its voice assistant that I've disabled umpteen times.

    google executives need to serve prison time.

    id root this phone in a heartbeat, if that were possible, but only the non-US models can be rooted. 🤬

    #FuckGoogle #FuckAndroid

    #fuckgoogle #fuckandroid
  7. Micr0byte @[email protected] ·

    Yep, #fuckAndroid time for #mobileLinux

    androidauthority.com/how-andro

    #fuckandroid #mobilelinux
  8. Micr0byte @[email protected] ·

    #FuckAndroid its time for #MobileLinux

    google has made it clear time and time again that they are not intrested in android being driven by the community.

    android and aosp are so far apart from each other nowadays that it is difficult to call android "open source"

    #fuckandroid #mobilelinux
  9. Micr0byte @[email protected] ·

    the path to actual mobile Linux adoption is probably gonna be through extracting VoLTE radio stacks from existing android roms rather than reimplementing from scratch.

    carriers have made VoLTE so ridiculously proprietary that open source implementation is basically impossible at this point... but what if we treated android's radio as a black box and built compatibility layers around them?

    extract the radio from the rom, add it into a compatability layer that will work with it.

    halium already does this for other hardware components. it's not elegant but it's pragmatic as fuck.

    all we need right now is adoption. more proper implementations can come later.

    i havent really seen any projects already exploring this approach but maybe i just havent searched enough.

    #fuckandroid #ubuntutouch #mobilelinux

    #fuckandroid #ubuntutouch #mobilelinux
  10. Shambolic Matter @[email protected] ·

    I fucking hate that the alarm on my phone will just randomly change UI

    I never want the way my alarm turns off to change. I do not need this bullshit first thing in the morning.

    I am so sick of asshole designers inflicting their shitty ideas on us with no way to opt out.

    #fuckandroid #fuckgoogle

    #fuckandroid #fuckgoogle
  11. Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​ @[email protected] ·

    @riley E-ink tablet, FYI.

    It has no SIM capability, no camera, though there are a mic and speakers. I keep authenticated apps to an absolute minimum (Pocket is that exception), though I'm thinking of adding email to it. Jitsi meet might be a voice comms option.

    TL;DR: excellent for reading, good for Web (use Einkbro: github.com/plateaukao/einkbro), quite good for podcasts, notetaking suprisingly good, multiple firmware upgrades over the past 2.5 years, which I consider good support (exceeds any prior Android device). Reasonably un-googled (no Google Play or Google registration), though still Android. Heavy use of F-Droid and Aurora Stores.

    More recent releases double onboard storage. I'd still prefer to see ~512 GB (it's cheap). Document management is a major weakness.

    I've written a few reviews and reflections mostly at Hacker News. Meta-review linking others: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3

    From that:

    For more on what e-ink delivers vs. tablets generally, see "The Case Against Tablets" (and specifically the long comment with the big table):

    diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/

    The Long Comment: diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/

    Related topic, E-Ink Design Principles for Web and Applications:

    • Persistence is free
    • Paints are expensive
    • Refreshes are slow
    • Colours are very limited or nonexistent
    • Line art displays beautifully. Raster images not so much
    • Pagination navigation is strongly preferred to scroll
    • Graphics are reflective rather than emissive
    • Touch / Wacom may exist
    • Feature detection capabilities are limited, particularly for HTML/Web (via media queries).

    diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/

    @mutkitta

    #eink #onyx #boox #OnyxBoox #EinkTablets #Einkbro #Android #FuckAndroid #ebookReaders

    #eink #onyx #boox #onyxboox #einktablets #einkbro
  12. Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​ @[email protected] ·

    @riley E-ink tablet, FYI.

    It has no SIM capability, no camera, though there are a mic and speakers. I keep authenticated apps to an absolute minimum (Pocket is that exception), though I'm thinking of adding email to it. Jitsi meet might be a voice comms option.

    TL;DR: excellent for reading, good for Web (use Einkbro: github.com/plateaukao/einkbro), quite good for podcasts, notetaking suprisingly good, multiple firmware upgrades over the past 2.5 years, which I consider good support (exceeds any prior Android device). Reasonably un-googled (no Google Play or Google registration), though still Android. Heavy use of F-Droid and Aurora Stores.

    More recent releases double onboard storage. I'd still prefer to see ~512 GB (it's cheap). Document management is a major weakness.

    I've written a few reviews and reflections mostly at Hacker News. Meta-review linking others: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3

    From that:

    For more on what e-ink delivers vs. tablets generally, see "The Case Against Tablets" (and specifically the long comment with the big table):

    diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/

    The Long Comment: diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/

    Related topic, E-Ink Design Principles for Web and Applications:

    • Persistence is free
    • Paints are expensive
    • Refreshes are slow
    • Colours are very limited or nonexistent
    • Line art displays beautifully. Raster images not so much
    • Pagination navigation is strongly preferred to scroll
    • Graphics are reflective rather than emissive
    • Touch / Wacom may exist
    • Feature detection capabilities are limited, particularly for HTML/Web (via media queries).

    diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/

    @mutkitta

    #eink #onyx #boox #OnyxBoox #EinkTablets #Einkbro #Android #FuckAndroid #ebookReaders

    #eink #onyx #boox #onyxboox #einktablets #einkbro
  13. Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​ @[email protected] ·

    @riley E-ink tablet, FYI.

    It has no SIM capability, no camera, though there are a mic and speakers. I keep authenticated apps to an absolute minimum (Pocket is that exception), though I'm thinking of adding email to it. Jitsi meet might be a voice comms option.

    TL;DR: excellent for reading, good for Web (use Einkbro: github.com/plateaukao/einkbro), quite good for podcasts, notetaking suprisingly good, multiple firmware upgrades over the past 2.5 years, which I consider good support (exceeds any prior Android device). Reasonably un-googled (no Google Play or Google registration), though still Android. Heavy use of F-Droid and Aurora Stores.

    More recent releases double onboard storage. I'd still prefer to see ~512 GB (it's cheap). Document management is a major weakness.

    I've written a few reviews and reflections mostly at Hacker News. Meta-review linking others: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3

    From that:

    For more on what e-ink delivers vs. tablets generally, see "The Case Against Tablets" (and specifically the long comment with the big table):

    diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/

    The Long Comment: diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/

    Related topic, E-Ink Design Principles for Web and Applications:

    • Persistence is free
    • Paints are expensive
    • Refreshes are slow
    • Colours are very limited or nonexistent
    • Line art displays beautifully. Raster images not so much
    • Pagination navigation is strongly preferred to scroll
    • Graphics are reflective rather than emissive
    • Touch / Wacom may exist
    • Feature detection capabilities are limited, particularly for HTML/Web (via media queries).

    diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/

    @mutkitta

    #eink #onyx #boox #OnyxBoox #EinkTablets #Einkbro #Android #FuckAndroid #ebookReaders

    #eink #onyx #boox #onyxboox #einktablets #einkbro
  14. Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​ @[email protected] ·

    @riley E-ink tablet, FYI.

    It has no SIM capability, no camera, though there are a mic and speakers. I keep authenticated apps to an absolute minimum (Pocket is that exception), though I'm thinking of adding email to it. Jitsi meet might be a voice comms option.

    TL;DR: excellent for reading, good for Web (use Einkbro: github.com/plateaukao/einkbro), quite good for podcasts, notetaking suprisingly good, multiple firmware upgrades over the past 2.5 years, which I consider good support (exceeds any prior Android device). Reasonably un-googled (no Google Play or Google registration), though still Android. Heavy use of F-Droid and Aurora Stores.

    More recent releases double onboard storage. I'd still prefer to see ~512 GB (it's cheap). Document management is a major weakness.

    I've written a few reviews and reflections mostly at Hacker News. Meta-review linking others: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3

    From that:

    For more on what e-ink delivers vs. tablets generally, see "The Case Against Tablets" (and specifically the long comment with the big table):

    diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/

    The Long Comment: diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/

    Related topic, E-Ink Design Principles for Web and Applications:

    • Persistence is free
    • Paints are expensive
    • Refreshes are slow
    • Colours are very limited or nonexistent
    • Line art displays beautifully. Raster images not so much
    • Pagination navigation is strongly preferred to scroll
    • Graphics are reflective rather than emissive
    • Touch / Wacom may exist
    • Feature detection capabilities are limited, particularly for HTML/Web (via media queries).

    diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/

    @mutkitta

    #eink #onyx #boox #OnyxBoox #EinkTablets #Einkbro #Android #FuckAndroid #ebookReaders

    #ebookreaders #fuckandroid #android #einkbro #einktablets #onyxboox
  15. Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​ @[email protected] ·

    @riley E-ink tablet, FYI.

    It has no SIM capability, no camera, though there are a mic and speakers. I keep authenticated apps to an absolute minimum (Pocket is that exception), though I'm thinking of adding email to it. Jitsi meet might be a voice comms option.

    TL;DR: excellent for reading, good for Web (use Einkbro: github.com/plateaukao/einkbro), quite good for podcasts, notetaking suprisingly good, multiple firmware upgrades over the past 2.5 years, which I consider good support (exceeds any prior Android device). Reasonably un-googled (no Google Play or Google registration), though still Android. Heavy use of F-Droid and Aurora Stores.

    More recent releases double onboard storage. I'd still prefer to see ~512 GB (it's cheap). Document management is a major weakness.

    I've written a few reviews and reflections mostly at Hacker News. Meta-review linking others: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3

    From that:

    For more on what e-ink delivers vs. tablets generally, see "The Case Against Tablets" (and specifically the long comment with the big table):

    diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/

    The Long Comment: diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/

    Related topic, E-Ink Design Principles for Web and Applications:

    • Persistence is free
    • Paints are expensive
    • Refreshes are slow
    • Colours are very limited or nonexistent
    • Line art displays beautifully. Raster images not so much
    • Pagination navigation is strongly preferred to scroll
    • Graphics are reflective rather than emissive
    • Touch / Wacom may exist
    • Feature detection capabilities are limited, particularly for HTML/Web (via media queries).

    diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/

    @mutkitta

    #eink #onyx #boox #OnyxBoox #EinkTablets #Einkbro #Android #FuckAndroid #ebookReaders

    #eink #onyx #boox #onyxboox #einktablets #einkbro
  16. murks @[email protected] ·

    ... to patch more images, hurray!
    And then I read about some tool that may be able to do it and that is a magisk module, possibly, and I have no fucking clue what it is their are talking about in their instructions. Probably download another hundred tools and patch images and it sounds like this whole mess may still not work in the end.

    github.com/microg/GmsCore/wiki

    github.com/Nanolx/NanoDroid/bl

    No, I really don't want to get a Doctor in Android. I just want this shit to work. #fuckandroid

    #fuckandroid
  17. Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​ @[email protected] ·

    @ScottMortimer And to put that front and centre, the headline is:

    "How to Disable Ad ID Tracking on iOS and Android, and Why You Should Do It Now"

    Further disclaimers: the feature discussed only exists as of Android 12, which vanishingly few Android devices are actually equipped with.

    #ISavedYouAClick #EFF #Privacy #iOS #Android #Adtech #Panopticon #Surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #FuckAndroid #FuckGoogle

    #fuckgoogle #fuckandroid #surveillancecapitalism #surveillance #panopticon #adtech
  18. Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​ @[email protected] ·

    @temporal Solved.

    So ... one might think that the way to keep a keyboard from trying to choose from amongst several possible language options would be to assign it one and only one option.

    One would be wrong.

    Solution for a Samsung Android v 5 device

    (Given that no two Android device interfaces are the same, Your Mileage Will Fucking Vary. This works for me, for now.)

    Settings -> Language and Input -> Physical Keyboard (select your keyboard's description) > Set Keyboard Type

    Ensure that NO LANGUAGES ARE SELECTED. Then back out of settings.

    Typing <shift>+<space> no longer pops up the language toggle nor eats spaces.

    #Android #FuckAndroid #FuckSamsung #FuckGoogle #FML #MFW #WTF #WTAF #ICantEven #FixShiftSpaceAndroid

    #fixshiftspaceandroid #icanteven #wtaf #wtf #mfw #fml
  19. Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​ @[email protected] ·

    For some reason, Google Chrome/Android sets the text colour to (nearly) the same as the background.

    Note that that text appears TWICE in the image, once in white-on-black. I'm referring to the other instance.

    In related news, I've discovered how to unlock screenshotting from Incognito Mode.

    #FuckGoogle

    #FuckChrome

    #FuckAndroid

    #fuckandroid #fuckchrome #fuckgoogle
  20. Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​ @[email protected] ·

    @vik I've been using Termux installed via F-Droid on my latest least-abysmally-bad-option Android device (Onyx BOOX). Given I can't seem to get Google Play running, and really see no reason I should, I've relied on F-Droid for the few apps that are installed.

    Termux remains the One Thing on Android Which Does Not Precisely Suck.

    It'd be even better if Android didn't insist on killing off processes / apps randomly. Until there's a truly viable Linux-based e-ink tablet device (and yes, I'm aware of Kobo, Nook, and reMarkable), this remains the best option of which I'm aware.

    F-Droid is pretty amazeballs.

    #Termux #FDroid #FuckAndroid #FuckGoogle #Google #Android

    #android #google #fuckgoogle #fuckandroid #fdroid #termux
  21. SkyNebula @[email protected] ·

    How apps on Android share data with Facebook...

    At least 61 % of apps automatically transfer data to Facebook the moment people open the app, whether they have a Facebook account or not, or whether they are logged into Facebook or not.

    privacyinternational.org/repor

    #FuckFacebook #FuckAndroid #SurveillanceCapitalism

    #surveillancecapitalism #fuckandroid #fuckfacebook