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Actually last time I checked apple did their keynotes mentioning the environment and stuff, greenwashing their choices… I’m curious what they’ll do now.
Just like Tesla, they might have saturated their liberal userbase, I wouldn’t be too surprised if they took a more “neutral” stance
Hmmmm, money
Apple is just like the rest of big tech. They tried to play it as if they were the ethical one, but in the end all these private corpos are just the same.
Microsoft/Bill Gates only got a worse rap because they were more successful
Actually about Gates, does anyone know about his stance on the current fascist takeover?
Who cares lol
Next up is Tim apple announcing his conversion therapy was successful and that he will now be marrying a blonde fox news anchor on the white house lawn. He’ll then run for Lindsey Graham’s senate seat and carry on the tradition of being the most closeted man in the Senate… And the world.
When Lindsey Graham was asked who his first lady would be should he ever win the presidency, he replied… “My sister”.
Just can’t take those swinging bachelors off the market… one at a time ladies.
Wow and I thought this genocidal slave-labor corporation really cared… \s \s \s
- Rotten to the Core: How the Gaza genocide has revealed anti-Palestinian racism at Apple
- 7 Apple suppliers in China have links to forced labor programs, including the use of Uyghur Muslims from Xinjiang, according to a new report
- Apple knew a supplier was using child labor but took 3 years to fully cut ties, despite the company’s promises to hold itself to the ‘highest standards,’ report says
Tim Apple, Nazi collaborator and sympathizer.
Trying to get on president musk’s good side
Cowards
What the FUCK, Apple?!
At least the mask is off. Apple, Google, Meta. None of them care about anything but profit and there isn’t a value they aren’t willing to compromise on if it makes the line go up.
Imagine believing that these companies ever work masks.
They invited Mother Earth herself to announce the latest iWhatever on stage last year. They’re absolutely covered in masks.
You sound surprised…
I wonder if they will trash Pride.
I sound pissed off
I wanted to point out that it’s as futile as shouting at the sun for rising again and shiting into your eyes through the window and then I realised how often I do exactly that and now I’m 100% fine with your comment.
Edit: I meant to write “shining” but what’s done is done.
The one silver lining about the new US administration is that it has helped undermine some fundamental notions around American exceptionalism.
American oligarchs are not that different from oligarchs in other countries.
Its been wonderful purging all my american owned crap from my smart speakers to reddit. Looking forward to getting a linux desktop for the first time in nearly 10 years!
If your last time using Linux was 10 years ago you’re going to be SO PLEASED at how good it is now.
Agreed, moving away from American tech stuff is becoming a priority.
American oligarchs are no better than the oligarchs who work with putin or Xi. Perhaps even worse because they tend to be much more dishonest in their rhetoric (constant pompous rants about “changing the world for the better”).
I just switched over to Linux Mint and, while it’s not perfect, it’s so much better than windows.
Did you replace your smart speaker or you don’t use one at all?
All unplugged and sitting in a box. It feels much more like a home now that I’m not being constantly listened to.
Why would you have been okay with it enough to purchase one in the first place? As an American, it’s always been pretty clear that American companies are filled with horrible data management. They actively lobby against any sort of GDPR or equivalent data laws and regularly leak data with no real ramifications.
I never really took it as seriously as I should have. I genuinely gave up caring for the sake of ‘convenience’. I’ve seen the error of my ways since.
No, I don’t think it’s any particular election. I also don’t think those companies were somehow more liberal when Democrats were in power. But it’s a really bad tendency that they gradually lick the boot more and more. It means they are big enough to be controlled and threatened, and it means governmental overreach is strong enough.
All in bed together. Didn’t they both attend Mar A Lago? No way they’re going to separate.
That ring, it feels nice to kiss it - Tim Apple
Not that ring… The other ring… - Tim Apple
The brown ring
I guess a lot of good people will ditch Apple now, right? RIGHT?
For other potentially worse manufacturers. I hate how far it’s all gone, but even buying a used/secondhand device is empowering the prior own to support one of these manufacturers.
I did only a quick search really but couldn’t find if any major android phone manufacturers had stopped advertising on there?
FOSS alternatives exist for many Android devices. Apple goes to great lengths to block every alternative on all hardware that isn’t mac. I’ve been on iOS since the 3G, but have just purchased an older pixel to start migrating apps and data to GrapheneOS. I wish Pine phone had GOS, but it is what it is.
There is no negotiating with fascists, and Apples #1 market is the US. There is no chance in hell they will defy or deny fascism.
My question is less about the OS than it is the manufacturers paying to advertise on X. Buying from them is supporting X indirectly.
Buy used Pixel or other phone that supports open Android OS, company gets none of your $$.
The best option is GrapheneOS on Pixel devices.
If you buy a Pixel, you’re supporting Google which is probably worse.
Maybe a Nothing Phone or a OnePlus?
PinePhone any good? Sounds like it’s still a bit of a hobbyist device but if it can do the basics of texting and calling that’s all I need.
GrapheneOS seems to only run on pixels
Maybe even a refurbished one to minimize Google profits. I usually buy them second hand but still new from people who got them from their carriers for a contract extension.
I’m looking for silver linings and I suppose the marketing people at these companies are much less stressed to have to keep Googling, “how to pretend to give a shit about fellow humans” every time they need to produce a few hundred characters.
Which phone brand is recommendable at the moment? Fairphone uses android, which can hardly be trusted.
Google Pixel + GrapheneOS
Also, if you think Apple’s completely closed source software is more trustworthy than Google’s mostly open source software… LOL
Do things like banking and MFA apps work? I have to have Duo for work
For some it works, for me it doesn’t and graphene is detected as an unsupported OS.
Not sure, I’ve been looking at Graphene myself but haven’t used it. Just passing on what I’ve seen.
also, idk how true this is, but ive seen that google sells pixels at a loss when they’re on sale (they expect to make back the money by spying on you)
so if you were to get a pixel while it’s on sale and install grapheneos on it, not only would you get a nice phone with a secure os, but you’d do so while costing google money. win win win!
Well, the point is I do not trust either. I am on apple now, but my experience with android is that there are apps you cannot uninstall.
On the other hand I have once tried a custom rom, but it was not a great experience. I do think I will need to try this again.
Custom ROMs are all different. Some suck, some don’t. I’ve heard very good things about Graphene. You can even install it from the web in a couple clicks.
Fairphone uses their own custom OS to degoogle things and help ensure privacy. I dont think its perfect but its about as good as it gets. Otherwise you can buy a google phone and degoogle it with Graphene
Fairphone uses their own custom OS to degoogle things and help ensure privacy
no they don’t. the default Fairphone OS runs stock Android with all Google apps. there are degoogled custom ROMs available, and you can buy some models with it preinstalled, but those are managed by third party resellers/partners.
You are right, I had it a little backward. The e foundation makes /e/OS, and they sell a murena fairphone 5 with the OS preinstalled. So you can get a fairphone thay way, or just install it yourself.
Yeah, the most “free” option is probably android custom ROMs (anything based on lineageos, I suppose).
There are alternatives that are slowly building up, such as postmarketos, but it’s not production ready.
I think KaiOS was a thing for a while, and it’s based on FirefoxOS. But you would have to ditch the confort of a real smartphone and I’m not sure it’s still active?
EDIT : KaiOS is indeed maintained BUT it is still based on Android (probably with less higher level components)
You can install CalyxOS or other custom ROM
GrapheneOS
not on the Fairphone.
You can install /e/ on the Fairphone
or CalyxOS if you’re not too fond of knockoff iOS UI. I’ve been using Calyx on my FP4 for a while now, works like a charm.
Forgot that runs on Fairphone.
Yeah, Calyx is the better option for it
