roadkill

Then don't remove snaps and you don't have to mess with anything out of the box.

If Lemmy became popular, what would prevent any three-letter agency from opening a server to get all the user data?

What makes you think they haven't already?

First time I was prompted for a username, I happened to have a Roadkill Cafe poster on my wall. Couldn't find anything better in my room unless I was going to use "LampBookDumbassCat"

Dude spent $44Bil just so he could behave like an insecure reddit mod...

I suspect you feel that way because it's easier to know what DOES mine you, free or paid, on Android, than it is on any other mobile OS. Consequentially, it's also easier to block such stuff on Android with custom dns, custom roms, root and a hosts file or using apps to track the trackers like Exodus. So, no, I disagree: You say it's highly limited when trying to avoid those kinds of apps... We have F-Droid and other third party app stores. There's a plethora of FOSS apps that can replace the common garbage data collecting apps out there. People just don't want to make the effort and look a little bit harder elsewhere for what they would feel more comfortable using. That's why we have privacy nightmares: people are lazy.

My guess will be hibernation file and swap. If any of those had suspend to disk enabled, the hibernation file will be the same size as installed Ram... which can take up a good percentage of that used space. I have a pretty bloated xUbuntu install on my system right now and it's sitting at 10.6GB. Including swap and /home, but no hibernation file.

Sadly, the brainwashing has been so effective that those who buy it never noticed that those gaslighting people into believing that no government system (eg, single payer) could ever work are the ones (Republicans) doing their best to ensure that government remains as broken as possible.

More people believe that our system is fucked than those who think this kind of system is normal.

We're just faced with so many hurdles, gerrymandering, red states that exist only because of minority representation have more power over larger population areas (districts by size and not population, electoral college) ... The majority of the country is merely surviving and the apathy sets in. I remind people that voting fascists out is the only way things are going to change and often the response is "Well, I tried that once and it didn't work." So they stop showing up to vote. Or they buy into the 'both sides' BS and post lame memes on Facebook and Reddit.

A lot of us really are painfully aware of how fucked it is.

Android devices with a non-deadlocked bootloader can be reflashed to have de-googled builds of Android. LineageOS isn't completely de-googled (it's damn close to it) but you can put that on any supported device without GApps and use it that way.

Apple is completely deadlocked, through and through, and you cannot de-Apple without completely abandoning their platform.

Android is “open” i guess, but it’s crammed full of adware and trackers and all sorts of garbage.

That's a bit hyperbolic and unfair to the point of being misleading.

"Android" is not one universal type of phone operating system. It, like Linux, has various distributions. Samsung makes their own version. as does Motorola, as does HTC and Nokia, as does OnePlus, Huawei, etc... The version of Android that comes with a Samsung phone is radically different than what comes with a Motorola phone. You cannot blame Google for what Samsung decides to include on their own strain of Android. You cannot blame Google for what shady Chinese brands put on their hardware.

Want an Android device that isn't crammed full of adware, trackers and all sorts of garbage? Stop buying garbage devices from garbage OEMs.

Motorola and Google are the two that (shock, surprise!) are the most open, always have unlocked bootloaders when bought directly and not through a carrier and have the most well supported devices if you decide to go with a custom rom.

I'll second Proton. It sucks to have to pay for services again to have something that matches the generous free shit that we got before... but seems those wild west days of the internet, unless you were grandfathered on or have to give up a lot of info in return... are now long gone.

next week I’m finally going to get an AMD card and get rid of nvidia for good!

Replaced my 1080Ti with a 6700 XT when it was on sale. Couldn't be happier. All of my wake from suspend issues disappeared.

https://i.imgur.com/qTiPKfP.gif

Still using the same garbage nVidia drivers in PopOS as you would with any other distro.

In hindsight...

How it was all reported in the media, commented on... was pretty fucking gross. Especially since the kid who made the allegations admitted to lying.

Nothing was held back on for the court of public opinion. Police statements amounted to "We found creepy dolls that only can be used for grooming..." "He had [this] because [he's definitely that]..." Later on the same police were caught giving adult magazines from the raid to one of the kids they claimed Michael molested... several months AFTER the raid... and then bagged the magazine for fingerprints. The way everything was handled, even if generously... we could admit that Michael was a bit of a kooky freak... the way the raid, reporting on evidence gathering (and apparent manufacturing of it) and prosecution was handled, that part of it seemed straight up corrupt.

There was always a tinge of ick about it all.

At best, Michael was a deeply damaged person who did whatever he could to cope with the loss of his childhood and... we'll never know what truly happened at the Ranch.