I don’t see the point. Sure, smartphones can be bad, but I have adhd and an addictive personality and I can limit myself if I set up boundaries. Remove apps that waste time, set app time limits, but still have a gps/camera/computer in my pocket if I need it.

I’m interested to see what responses you get though.

I like that they put “could” in there. A lot of articles claim improvements “are” coming to solar or battery, then it never happens.

The only thing I need to know: https://social.heise.de/@vowe/110655159261864491

I’m interested in why you think android has any privacy benefits. If you are talking full-google android, I don’t see how running an OS made by a company whose business model is finding out every bit of info they can about you is privacy positive.

Now if you are talking lineage and/or grapheneOS
Without gapps, sure.

I like Apple because my phone just works. Sure the customization isn’t there, but I’d waste time on it if it was. Also stay on Apple because last time I checked, the Apple Watch was the only wearable that tracked wheelchair activity properly.

iOS has gotten far buggier since Steve’s departure though. The “paint the back of the fence” mindset got ruined by Tim Apple and capitalism.

Yeah, chuck in on the pile of “battery innovations” that get announced but never come out. It’s a large pile.

Hydrogen is the future.

Tilvids.com. It’s a Linux-focused one. Odysee is also an option that has more content, but not part of the fediverse.

After hearing about the three strikes YouTube thing, I just signed up for peertube. Already trying to get my photos back from google photos, but takeout destroys the metadata. GOOGLE PHOTOS IS NOT A BACKUP SOLUTION.

I made an account there once and immediately got racist and homophobic results, so I quit using it.

I use DuckDuckGo. Including using their browser on iOS and windows.

I’d be willing to bet that the vast majority of Americans don’t budget at all. I don’t. I should, but I’d probably walk into traffic if I had to look at the numbers.

One of their mods literally was a 20 hour work week dog walker who wanted to work less.

They THINK they had to work hard. Most of them are from a time where a one income family of 5 could actually be financially solvent.

Not to mention the scams. I have tinnitus, and google knows that, so I get snake oil tinnitus ads all the time.

Seriously, if someone cures that, they won’t need to be advertising on YouTube.

Yep. That was the point I became what he calls a ”whiny “ person and deleted my account.

Lol. Love this place. I make a joke, but get an actual explanation in return. Thanks!

Is that why KBin never works for me, but multiple Lemmy instances do? Lol

Unfortunately our entire economic system relies on that.

I’m not giving up. 11 year account deleted. I might read stuff on Reddit from time to time, but it will be without an account, in a private tab, through a vpn, with an ad blocker on.

i want to call complete BS on them making it out like the Redditors protesting would physically assault the staff. Guess that’s probably a reasonable thing now though. People are whacked in the head.

Ditto. I saw that, I deleted all my posts/comments and then my 11+ year old account.