The alternatives to Intel/AMD/Nvidia, Visa/Mastercard/American Express/Discover and IOS/Android need to be more developed.
You should replace apple with GrapheneOS, and icloud/G drive with preferrably self-hosted Nextcloud the only replacements for US payment processors (Visa, MasterCard, Amex etc.) are cash and Monero (on sites like shopinbit - EU based - moneromarket, XMRbazaar, monerica, kycnot.me, coincards) and cash/Monero-bought gift cards (coincards).
You can replace Intel/AMD with a RISC-V CPU (a well-funded open source CPU architecture, already available on Framework laptops, but still have a long way to go, so I’d recommend sticking with an AMD CPU since intel is known to be backdoored). You can buy (literally) anything using Monero using shopinbit (anything not listed can be sourced by them using their concierge service).
For fuckin years the foss community has told us to stop using these products. It only took them all turning into literally fascist for people to finally stop giving them power
FOSS is so much better!
Canadia really are in no position to call others fascists anyway.
Icl I never personally fully agreed with their govt’s politics, but at least they can stand on fucking business, unlike their conservatives. Imagine if Poland just bent over backwards when Hitler invaded, instead of fighting. How can you fully question your own sovereignty like that, especially to a “country” that “gained their independence” from YOU.
How can Keir Starmer not show unwavering support to a country that not only shares a head of State but also as a Commonwealth nation. UK politicians showing way too much support to a country that couldn’t give a toss about them. Canada should be demanding the land they once had back from the US, and Mexico should demand the land that the US stole from them.
gained their independence” from YOU.
TF are you talking about? I’m Belgian.
I KNOW they have a lot of fascist ukrainian influence historically and now even more with Trumpist influence from their twin brother the US.
Not to mention the awful treatment of indigenous people to this day.
Shouldn’t make unfunded assumptions.
i use Mint LMDE since a week! :)
Hey, Sunshine, if you’re interested, I highly recommend contributing to OpenStreetMap if/where you can. The built-in iD editor for desktop web is phenomenal and very easy but powerful, and the third-party Vespucci app for Android on F-Droid works very well. OpenStreetMap is still missing data in relatively large cities (let alone probably out in rural areas), and that especially includes sidewalks, residential buildings, addresses, and contact information. Even just making sure the information is complete and up-to-date the next time you visit a business, park, etc. (and marking the ‘Last Checked Date’) is profoundly useful. I’d be free to answer any questions you might have!
the easiest way to contribute is by using the app streetcomplete. It’s basically like a game.
Does anyone know an app that has the same features of Google maps about the info of local stores/restaurants/bars etc?
I use OpenStreetMap.org on the PC, it has info about shops.
OSMand on the smartphone.
And brouter.web for planning bike commutes.
GrapheneOS is a good alternative to iOS/Android, although still Android-based
Grapheneos requires a google phone, which is american.
Iodeos is French
How does one realistically move away from Google maps?
How does one realistically move away from Google maps?
It’s still possible to buy an all-in-one navigation device to keep in a vehicle. They’re often much nicer than phone apps, now.
Hell, I’m in the US and this sounds like a great idea. Tired of being tracked and monetized for every single thing I do.
To the point of replacing Visa/Mastercard: it would be great if the EU could continue in line of SEPA and create an EU payment processor. Now, I want to be very clear, it should be owned by the member states’ governments, and profit (if any) should go into the EU budget. No neoliberal bullshit of “oh we’re going to put out a contract/give out loans for anyone to set up a payment processor and the market will decide”. It should be a state owned payment processor, to finally stop the likes of Mastercard, Visa, etc. from leeching off every single consumer transaction in the economy.
Is crypto the answer?
No. It is never the answer.
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Isn’t GrapheneOS Pixel only? you’d still need to buy a Google device. Better to use something like Fairphone with /e/OS
Fairphones are expensive. :(
That’s what you get for paying workers fair wages
Wow, such a weirdly violent way to look at simply uninstalling an app.
On one hand, yes, but on the other hand I would consider those organisations quite violent themselves.
Yeah, the important thing is to intellectualize it and pretend you’re too evolved to get off on the imaginary violence.
We definitely live in an age of casualised and normalised violence. I can’t watch violent movies anymore. But I didn’t take the illustration literally and welcome the metaphorical “death” of these companies and what they represent.
I picked Apple to be the one tech company that gets to stick around for now. I canceled my Apple One bundle but there’s still a dependency on maps and mobile OS. Will only buy used and when necessary going forward. My phone is 2.5 years old and I think I will be able to get at least another 2.5 years out of it.
Apple isn’t as private as you think, they donated 1m to Trumps inauguration, the black representation is at 7% well below the 12.4% portion of the US demographics, their hardware is not very repairable, the manufacturer Foxconn that Apple uses has many cases of worker abuse, ios is very locked down.
Not to specifically defend Apple, but the race demographic issue is slightly more complicated.
The inequality is more systemic. Educational investment and economic inequality means that there’s a difference in educational outcomes for the black population in the US.
Basically, to have representation in line with the population Apple needs to make a deliberate effort to hire in that proportion. Having an unbiased hiring process falls back to the systemic bias that shifted the hiring pool. That 7% is basically the representation of black people in the hiring pool for high tech jobs in the US.There are still major issues with tech companies and diversity, such as not addressing the issues that created an environment that pushed people out of the sector, but that 5% difference represents a naively unbiased process, as opposed to a specifically biased one.
But what does any of this including repairs, have to do with privacy?
I mean it as a list of bullet points, I have reviewed all the Apple apps and they collect a lot of data.
Oh I know. I’m not a big fan. Struggling finding a google enough Apple/Google map alternative or a non iOS/Android alternative. Picked Apple as the better of the two evils but not giving them money anymore.
Yeah now do steam next… I didn’t think so
Good Old Games is a great drm-free alternative as they’re polish 🇵🇱
Ok. Do it. Delete your account… Send screenshots
You don’t have delete your account. Just stop buying games on steam.
So you’re not removing it from your life?
I just gave you an alternative, it’s not about being perfect but to reduce our reliance on the us.
This response reeks of defending your questionable choices as you attacked others for being “hypocritical” while unironically intending to continue to buy all your games on steam.
Buying most of your games from alternatives stores is much better than only on steam. Also fyi information itch.io is also American.
Someone earlier called me out for largely using Costco instead of just farmer’s markets/local groceries/ethnic stores and I didn’t lash out at them like you did earlier.
Why are you an assohle about it?
I’m sorry if someone has a different opinion than you that doesn’t make them an a******. But to answer your question hypocrites be hypocriting and I called it out.
You’re still being an ass.
I like how it took the threat of annexation to mildly inconvenience yourselves.
For me it was the prospect that it may have an impact.
Mildly inconvenience myself to microscopically inconvenience American companies didn’t seem worth it.
U.S. citizen here. Don’t even blame you. Just to be clear, we hate this too. Maybe Canada can save us.
US the 11th Canada province when?
You guys should be out on the streets protesting en masse. Being complacent is the same as showing you’re okay with all of these.
Meanwhile actual americans are being pulled into unmarked vans for looking latino.
Believe me, we are. They just don’t show it on the news. Plus boycotting mainstream vendors like Walmart, target, etc.
Also going to rallies and down ballot candidates. Some important local elections coming up and watch Florida for their special election.
It sucks. But, we have to fight our way out of it.
Take photos and spread the word on social media to get more people to join
Something like 60-70% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Most people can’t afford to protest. And healthcare insurance and other things are tied to our jobs.
Media is not showing anything. We are out in 1000s
