nossaquesapao @ nossaquesapao @lemmy.eco.br

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I see people mentioning obtainium, but never tried it. Will it give some relevant benefits over fdroid for low end devices?

Well, you're technically correct lol

And that's one of the benefits from open source apps. I have a very low end and dated phone, and yet I have more apps installed and hardware functionality than the average person, because I grab everything I can from f-droid. It's amazing how much smaller and performant everything is.

I still miss firefox os and feel sad for them not succeeding. Their app system could have become a multiplatform standard and allow us to have much more options in the smartphone market, as well as better desktop integration and interoperability :(

Don't lose hope, lead the resistance!

Out of curiosity, how many flip phones have you used since 2007?

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We used to be free from such bullshit, but some companies have started trying to bring similar systems here in Brazil, especially drugstore brands that would ask for our id number in every order to give "discounts". Fortunately, this practice is now being investigated, and I hope the companies lose the case.

But aren't pdfs with code a potential security risk?

Might sound a bit unrelated, but have you been noticing an apparent rise on ageism too? The social media seem to be fueling it for some reason.

That's simple. They use an LLM to find the right people for the job /s

Fun fact: people in Brazil used to cook black beans with an iron nail inside the pot to treat anemia and iron deficiency. They removed the nail before eating, in case someone is wondering. Some people might still do it.

Another fun fact: I remember a research concluding that it's actually effective.

My head literally exploded with that meme!

Exactly. If there were perfectly interchangeable alternatives, there would have been a true competition and those companies wouldn't be holding the amount of power they do today in the first place.

Moving to alternatives requires some degree of effort and giving up on some microconforts. There's no other way. There's no fight without any pain. If we want to fight those companies, we must sacrifice those micro conforts, even if that means reducing tech use as a whole and doing a few things the "old fashioned" way.

That would be reuse, not recycle ;)

But that's a nice suggestion

Oh, I get it now, it makes sense too

Slowly, they will do. Every new one that does and gets media attention pulls others to do the same

I would really love something like that, or like the phones made by hisense. I love e-inks and they fit very well my phone usage pattern. Too bad I was born in the poor side of the world and will never have the cool stuff

I don't think it's a fair comparison. The greatest aspect of e-ink screens is not giving strain to the eyes. Looking at a greyscale phone will just have the downsides of both worlds.

I assumed a x64. Debian (the distro mx linux is based on) offers multiarch support, so i just had to enable it by running:

    
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 
sudo apt update

  

Then, to install 32-bit firefox, I first uninstalled it and then installed the 32-bit version:

    
sudo apt remove firefox-esr  
sudo apt install firefox-esr:i386

  

With the standard 64 bit version, the browser would struggle with just 2 or 3 tabs, and with the 32 bit version, she can use like 10 tabs without problems

Or I could recycle it

Could you really? E-waste recycling is a great lie made so that people don't get remorse over throwing away their devices. Electronics are too complex, diverse and full of toxic stiff to be property recycled.

If anyone wants to dive more into this, there has been some projects where people from higher income countries put tracking devices inside e-waste before sending to "recycling", to find out where they end up. Spoiler: in poorer countries, to either be scattered around, thrown into a landfill, or be scavenged by underpaid people without any protection equipment.