You are NOT tied to Google play services on gOS. An OPTIONAL sandboxed version of play services, without the system level privileges, is offered.

Also, consider the reasons for degoogling. For many, it is privacy. GrapheneOS is currently the only player on the field with any serious level of security.

Do you even hear yourself?

“GrapheneOS isn’t really degoogled”

“GrapheneOS doesn’t come with Play Services pre-installed, but they make it super easy to add”

So in your estimation it would be only degoogled if they made it difficult to add instead of super easy? What are you even talking about dude?

Also, you don’t have to buy the pixel from Google. You can get one refurbished or used.

How do you envision him ceasing to be the president in 3 months?

Charges dropped are not enough. The sheriff knowingly falsely imprisoned this innocent man for a month. He will escape justice as usual, because one of the perks of working in law enforcement is the ability to severely disrupt or even destroy the life of anyone you dislike, with near-perfect impunity.

This has me cackling thanks

You’re right, I’m sorry.

My design is flawless otherwise though right??

Now that just seems a bit unrealistic, doesn’t it? Everyone knows nuclear reactors are quite heavy. Let’s not stoop to silliness.

I remember there was a previous release that said it fixed RCS. Still doesn’t work for me, is this still an ongoing issue for anyone else?

To be fair, since it is also a 5MW cold fusion reactor, it is also rather heavy, so one does need to be stronger than the average person. It’s the ONLY downside to this innovative product. It even folds!

Thankfully, being shaped like an umbrella, the design already accounts for this by directing rain away from the power output located at the base of the handle. It’s Type C!

With my unlimited budget, I have also funded research to increase the official USB-C PD spec to a frankly irresponsible five megawatts of energy throughput.

Did something new come out? It’s hard to keep track.

Unlimited budget? My tactical umbrella is capable of generating 5MW of electricity from cold nuclear fusion.

… What do you think helicopters DO run on?

Yep you’re right, I’m a Nazi because I use a keyboard developed by a foundation funded by a guy who hosted someone for an interview who is a bad person with bad ideas.

Doesn’t matter who I vote for. Doesn’t matter what I advocate for. The work I do to organize in my community doesn’t matter. All of that is invalidated because of the keyboard I use. I’m a secret Nazi! And I’d have gotten away with it too, if it hadn’t been for that meddling Edible Funk.

You’re the hero we all need here on the Left.

A backdoor in what, exactly?? Please do some research into the programs you’re running so you can base your opinions on that knowledge rather than vibes.

Still struggling to understand what makes it “dead.”

Careful, I heard one of the Heliboard devs kicked a puppy once. How dare you support such Evil software?!

/s because sadly that’s needed

Honestly getting tired of the purity tests. The alternatives are horrific. Google. Apple. Meta. So please find me the FOSS project that is perfectly free of sin which I’m allowed to support.

At this point it begins to feel as though this DDV is only here to write takedown pieces on projects not deemed pure enough for the cause.

FUTO hosted an interview once with a POS guy. Oh, the horror. Please help me understand what that has to do with the existence of a keyboard that isn’t spyware. Yeah no. I’ll keep supporting the working alternatives, you have fun using absolutely nothing because “What if one of the devs wasn’t a good person??!”

Anyone can do this 🙂

Encrypted backups in various locations always help too.

I save each of these videos. They will try to disappear all evidence later.