Graphene OS is not for criminals. It is just basic privacy protection.
Criminals like privacy, too.
This cunt must be some sort of shill or plant for government or surveillance capitalists.
Neither. Just another shameless YouTuber farming for clicks with no regard for the damage it causes.
Because I wasn’t wrong. You’ve provided nothing that suggests otherwise.
You keep referring to “the Spotify app”. That is not a web app. That is a native app. If you’re referring to the Spotify web app, you should identify it as such so I don’t have to guess and then you get all worked up about it.
I’m getting to get the laptop that suits my needs, not yours.
I don’t have any needs. I bought 32GB of socketed RAM dirt cheap and slapped it in.
It sounds like you need more RAM, and it sounds like you don’t want to spend the money to buy more RAM. The only way to get that is to buy a laptop with socketed RAM. So do you need it or not? What you said is “RAM is expensive”, which is factually incorrect. The only reason they’re able to jack up RAM prices on laptops is because they solder it to the board, thereby ensuring that you cannot buy inexpensive RAM, and then people like you continue buying them.
Agreed
Ok so now we’ve moved the goalposts from “relevant” to “trustworthy”?
They’re not. And you know they’re not.
It’s what makes him relevant. Your personal feelings are not a valid reason.
Because he has 16 million subscribers? 🤔
If you watch the video, they’re citing Spanish officials. It was a big hurrah that went around a couple months ago.
https://www.androidauthority.com/why-i-use-grapheneos-on-pixel-3575477/
But yeah, it makes for great clickbait too. You know the GOS guys are foaming at the mouth already for their weekly HARRASSMENT debacle.
My point, exactly.
Spotify is not a browser, it’s an app.
In laptops, getting more RAM almost always means getting a higher-tier laptop in other ways which adds a lot to the price.
That’s only true if you buy soldered RAM. Don’t do that.
You think a dedicated app is going to use less RAM than a browser window?
RAM is only expensive if you’re dumb enough to buy a modern Mac.
PWA is basically just a browser window that looks and functions like an app on your computer. You can launch it from wherever you launch apps. It will open in its’ own window. It’s functionally identical.
I’d recommend giving it a go and see if you like it.
Any reason in particular you need a dedicated client? Can you not just use a PWA?
Shortwave is cool, MusicPod incorporates local music and podcasts into the same app, which is pretty cool. But yes, internet radio is dope.
It’s like you said, if you want to use NewPipe and F-Droid, that’s your only option. I wasn’t really speaking to the Google data issues but your Samsung/Tizen issues and your choice of hardware. I’m afraid there aren’t any good solutions for non-Google devices. You can block certain DNS/domains but you’ll almost certainly have functional problems.
What I did was to create a new Google account at setup (they’ll auto-generate one for you) and then just immediately log out of it after. Install apps through Aurora/F-Droid. That’s the best I’ve got.
Your next best option is just buying a cheap Linux computer and running your apps through a desktop browser with KBM. Obviously you’re making a bunch of compromises on convenience in that case. There are some TV OS’s like plasma bigscreen but you won’t be able to use a TV remote or watch Apple/Netflix/HBO/whatever because none of them have Linux apps. And further, most of them will limit browser to SD quality.
Not necessarily but…that is what you said you wanted.
My main issue is that I’m looking to buy a Google TV
Buy whatever TV you want and connect a Google TV box (or whatever TV box you want). Issue solved.
All that research and you never considered just using an external TV box?
…what is “moronic”, exactly?