fulano @ fulano @lemmy.eco.br

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I have been looking at this possibility, but running a bridge means that I will need to self host a service, which adds one more point of failure, while not really removing whatsapp from my life, so I'm not convinced it's a good alternative.

Sometimes they do, but then they will take much more time to give you a response.

Sometimes, they simply don't have n alternative, like my city's local service for reporting broken streetlights.

Whatsapp

And no, I can't simply stop using or ask friends to move to an alternative. I'm from Brazil and that thing is so popular and mainstream, that even stores or public services use it.

Just this week, I had to report an animal abuse case to the authorities, and the official communication channel I had to use was through whatsapp.

It's sad to see how dependent of a single proprietary service for something so important we allowed ourselves to become...

But still good reasons, anyway.

Bring back the smaller phones!

That's amazing.

Here in Brazil, we had the government encouraging free software in the 2000s, but the projects and policies were all abandoned.

And to think we could have a similar adoption to yours today... sigh...

Back then, people didn't understand how such projects give benefits in a long timeframe, and wanted immediate results,, something impossible.

Even more important is to see the windows downtrend. We need competition, keep it going!

One trick is to have anold android phone. I created a couple of accounts last year without giving any personal data by using a device with android kitkat.

I feel the same. I can't recommend it to anyone anymore.

But a lot of things changed in these years. Installing software, for example, became so easy using the gnome store, that it lowered a lot the entry barrier.

The few times I find myself using windows, I realize it's not easy to use, as many claim. I believe it's mostly a matter of a computer culture that created around it, and changing cultural traits is really hard

Congrats!

Enjoy the freedom and don't be afraid to ask for help. In time, you will see yourself helping others and contributing to the community.

I'm running lineage os on a 7-year-old phone, and I can confirm.

Mine stopped sending emails all of a sudden this week. Are you able to send emails using k9 with a gmail account?

I see now. You made some good points. Indeed, the targeted userbase doesn't care about how the system works, so they may have a conflict in there,

Well... I'm using pidgin right now.

Thank you for explaining this concept. I still don't see how it can be considered planned obsolescence, though. It looks more like a matter of optimizing the output and doing a tradeoff for more performance.

I see planned obsolescence as artificially limiting the longevity or repairability of a product, without any benefit at all, but with the intention of making it less durable. A good example could be locked smartphones without updates.

But perhaps, the definition of planned obsolescence is broader than i think.

but to actually provide a compromise leading to an overall better product.

Could you elaborate a bit more on that?

Whoa, I didn't know tiktok was so popular. it's like 1/8 of the entire world population, and considering that only about 70% of the world has internet access, it's like 18% of all internet users.

Or are lots of these bot accounts, like other social media, and the real numbers are lower?

I was thinking it was something like what pidgin does on desktop, adapted for mobile, and was highly enthusiastic, but realized it works using matrix bridges and doesn't process locally...

Well, at least it can be self hosted.

Foldable phone will always be either more expensive, less durable, or both, so it's a no go for me, as much as I like the idea.