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Comment That's not what Waze is for (Score 1) 186

Waze is a navigation app. Making speeding harder doesn't affect its utility for that.
When my family went to Costa Rica in 2024, Waze had much better road information than Google Maps.
I had an uncle I never met because he was kiled by a speeder. I've never been sympathetic to people who want to get away with driving fast.

Comment None of Google's damn business (Score 3, Informative) 53

Google tracks how many people install these alternative app repositories

If true, this is totally creepy. It means they're already watching everything you sidelload.
I don't have any Google apps installed (I use LineageOS for microG), but it's amazing how much spying their apps do.

Comment Re:boot ? (Score 1) 137

My laotop triple-boots FreeBSD, Manjaro Linux, and OpenBSD.
I power it down most nights. I certainly never cared about uptime.
I don't use a boot menu; it boots FreeBSD by default. I press a function key when I want to choose another OS.
Using the stopwatch on my wristwatch just now, I measured 7 seconds from power on to the FreeBSD logo.

Comment Re:The age of ecosystem (Score 1) 57

I've had about 11 Android devices over the years; I've installed custom ROMs on 3 of them, and rooted 2 of the others.
But I have never, never put a Google account on any of them. When you start up an Android device for the first time, it asks for a Google account, but it does let you skip that step. You don't have to hack it or anything.
That's just for people who want to use some of the Google servics, like Gmail, Google Photos, or calendar syncing. I've never done any of that.
Downloading and sideloading non-F-Droid APKs was a pain for a while, until the advent of apps like Aurora Store that let you get apps from the Google Play store without a Google account.

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