My kids' phones (Pinwheel-managed Moto G Play models) attempted to install this in the background as well. I only found out about it because I got an app request from the devices; the kids had zero knowledge of it.

I blocked the installation.

The company supplies the devices. The ecosystem of choice is not my problem.

My work devices get turned off before I leave and stay in my backpack until I'm back on site.

since you’d be locked into that M$ ecosystem anyway

Just because your workplace uses the MS ecosystem doesn't mean that you are locked into it. Your workplace is locked into the MS ecosystem. It's really not your problem.

I wanted to watch the most recent Rick & Morty season today. Had to look up what streaming service it was on, then had to download the app, but just before I texted my wife to ask what the credentials were (she pays for streaming stuff), I remembered that I could just go download it. So I did. And proceeded to watch 5 episodes with zero ads and zero interruption.

Bummer 🫤

Wasn't the entire point of custom ROMs to avoid this whole situation to begin with? Doesn't make sense for a custom ROM to drop support once official support has ended, it kinda defeats the purpose of keeping an older device...

And what if someone doesn't use the app? Can you decouple your bank account from the app?

retoot

lmao

Not if you want your banking app to work, or some other apps that require you to have the “certified” os on your phone. If I have to stop using these apps, I might as well go back to a dumbphone.

I would rather stop using apps that require this bullshit than give up the literal pocket computer that's powerful enough to do damn near whatever I want with it. I make my phone my bitch and I intend to keep it that way.

Banking apps that require this aren't worthy of being installed. Just use their website. Banks still have websites.

Just FYI - the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro are losing Graphene OS support this year.

Did Nintendo email you, or did your ISP forward you a DMCA notice?

You don't "use Magisk" to do that. Magisk only provides a path to do so.

What modules are you using to achieve this?

https://molly.im/

My wife and I use Signal with each other. She also uses Graphene on her Pixel. Both were her choice. And now she wants to go further down the FOSS rabbit hole. I warned her it was deep. She's totally onboard.

She was getting fed up with the direction all the tech companies were going and started researching how to take ownership of her shit. I only found out because she asked me about Graphene OS, which caught me totally off-guard because she was an apple person for so long. We talked about it at length, then she decided to ditch her iPhone for a used P9PXL, and asked me to install Graphene OS as soon as it arrived.

She is incredibly sharp and is more than happy to struggle with figuring out a whole new world of privacy and real ownership than deal with forced "upgrades" that do nothing except harvest even more data.

I used to work at an auto shop. We "accidentally" put a hole in the concrete floor by taking the oxyacetylene torch to a crushed soda can and a chunk of rusted metal shavings from the lathe. We absolutely knew what we were doing. It was glorious.

KDE. I can do damn near whatever I want with it.

Both my gaming PC and my laptop run LMDE 7 with KDE Plasma on top. However, they are set up very differently. My laptop is almost a 1:1 clone of Mac OS (dock at the bottom, taskbar up top, menus for programs show up in the task bar, etc), while my gaming PC is much more Windows-esque.

Look at their post history.

Doesn't take a whole lot. Visit a local auto shop and ask about the buildup around the brake rotor lathe.

Sddm master race

Not DIY hobby drones.

Can confirm. My mom was an elementary school teacher for 20 years. She maintains to this day that the absolute worst part of the job was dealing with the parents.