@dennyhenke I hate to break it to you, but you've got Intel ME inside. So - perhaps no full control of your device, sorry. #libreboot #coreboot
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@dennyhenke I hate to break it to you, but you've got Intel ME inside. So - perhaps no full control of your device, sorry. #libreboot #coreboot
Also from the article: "It鈥檚 one thing not to expect political activism from large corporations, but to compromise your stated values all in the name of business as usual simply exposes that your values never meant anything in the first place. Lopatto called it right: cowards."
I would say the same thing about Apple users that refuse to take any action themselves. As is the usual, throw up hands, claim there is nothing I can do.
FUCKING MAKE THE EFFORT or stop pretending you have values.
"No number of customers will desert Apple over this that will make so much as a ding on the company鈥檚 bottom line. And even if they did, there is only one real alternative, Google, which is doing the exact same thing. The only thing that can force these corporations to act is government regulation鈥攁nd whoops, this administration has not only pulled the rug out from under its regulatory agencies, it also literally employed the chief perpetrator."
See, this NOT TRUE. Why give up without trying?
There are alternatives, see my other posts . Why do #Apple folks so quickly give-up? They'll complain but they won't make any real effort to try the alternatives. Alternatives do exist.
And, conveniently, they jump to the conclusion that a large scale boycott is impossible. Easy and convenient to jump to that.
But it's not impossible! Folks in the US quit without even trying. This is exactly why we face #fascism today. Folks in the US don't want to take responsibility or action.
Here are some sceenshots of Mint on a 2018 Lenovo laptop I bought for $250 on Ebay. I'll be able to use this laptop for many years to come, far longer than any Mac computer runs macOS.
It boots faster than an M1 MacMini running macOS. Apps launch faster than they do on the Mac. No #Apple #surveillance. Full control of MY device with a free, #privacy respecting OS produced by people concerned not with profit but with making a great OS. Same for the #FreeSoftware I use everyday.
@dennyhenke I hate to break it to you, but you've got Intel ME inside. So - perhaps no full control of your device, sorry. #libreboot #coreboot
@wegegeld True but I've got more control than I would have otherwise. This will do for now. I think the point is to make real effort to move in a better direction. And, equally important, that we help others to do so. We can all be helpers offering #mutualaid in our communities to assist others off of #BigTech #Surveillance platforms that do not respect our #privacy.
@dennyhenke Commenting from a 2018 ThinkPad that I bought last year for $200. It's running Elementary OS.
@chrisod I recently tried Elementary and almost switched. I was so tempted. It's beautiful, very well done! If I weren't already very happy with Mint I'd be running. Good folks doing good work. 鉂わ笍
@elementary
@danirabbit
The design of the Cinnamon Desktop on #Mint is fantastic with easy to use UI that's not enshitified by a company that produces things like Liquid Glass because they've got to always be shitting out the next new thing because profit, profit, profit.
There is no Wall Street/ shareholder pleasing going on.
This is an OS and software ecosystem by and for users, NOT constant grift and rent seeking.
No ads, no intrusion, no #surveillance.
I've been happily using #FreeSoftware for 10 months. Everything I would otherwise be doing on macOS or an iPad is easily done on GNU/Linux:
- Coding and managing websites with apps like Kate and Filezilla
- Spreadsheets with LibreOffice Calc
- Writing with Emacs or Ghostwriter
- Web browsing with LibreWolf (more private than Safari)
- Local music with Rhythmbox
- Local cloud with Syncthing
- Local password management with KeePassXC
- Local photo editing with digiKam, cloud sync with Ente
@dennyhenke I am increasingly interested in moving this direction, but for mobile devices, there just is no good choice.
Other #privacy focused services that can replace both cloud services like iCloud by Apple or Google docs:
- Proton offers a range of encrypted services, all #opensource and audited: email, cloud storage w/ shared documents and collaboration, VPN, Password management and more
- Tuta offers encrypted email, open source and audited
- Mailbox offers encrypted email
- Signal, encrypted, open source, audited messaging, takes seconds to set-up, cross platform, works on mobile devices and computers.
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