Check out WALT

It’s still in development but is being built specifically with GrapheneOS in mind. Hopefully we should have a privacy focused tap-to-pay within a year.

I was actually able to use one of the temporary phone number services to get past it in the end and started the request.

Want to delete my data… log in to my account to do it… phone number required before allowing me access to delete my data 😑

I run Immich, along side about 10 other services, on my DS420+, and it runs great imo. The initial import of all my photos (40,000+) did take a long time but now that it’s up and running it’s more than quick enough.

You can install it directly from their GitHub repo or through Obtanium.

Go to your browser settings and to the Search section. There will be somewhere in there to add a new search engine. Add in ‘https://noai.duckduckgo.com/?q=%25s’ then set it as your default.

You should be able to do the same if you’re using a search widget directly from your launcher as well.

Amazfit with Gadgetbridge.

I bought one a couple of years ago and it works great. Gadgetbridge keeps all the smart functionality local to your phone.

I’ve heard good things about the Garmins as well which I think are mostly also supported in Gadgetbridge.

Yeah, just use the Beta, it’s extremely stable. Don’t get it from the Play Store though, as you’ve seen it hasn’t been updated in years. Just get it from their GitHub.

I’ve tried quite a few after leaving Nova a few years ago and have settled on Lawnchair. It seems to be the most stable and is under active development.

I’m staying sceptical about these rumours for now until something more substantial comes to light, as currently it is just the Telegram CEO throwing shade at Signal, and the Signal CEO throwing shade back at Telegram

Thanks llandar, I’ll have a listen

Thanks, I do run my own server so this is a possibility

Thanks. Yeah I found Barinsta but saw it hadn’t been updated in years. I’ll have a look around and report back.

Thanks MrSoup, do you have any suggestions on a good frontend for Instagram?

Good to know, thanks

Thanks, yeah I’m always on a VPN, but as you suggested, maybe nowadays it’s not about trying to live without an account, but having the account with generic/fake profile data.

Oh I hadn’t heard of Beeper. Thanks I’ll look in to that.

Thanks, yeah I had thought about using separate SIMs to sign up but then, like you said, would still need to sync contacts.

Although I hadn’t really though about only using the desktop apps.

I do run ProtonVPN on all of my devices, daily drive Linux on my PC and laptop, and have GrapheneOS as my ROM. So device privacy is not really the issue. This is more about not wanting to have accounts with the likes of Meta who have time and time again shown that they are completely against user privacy, but I feel it is more and more difficult to live without as most people don’t know/don’t care about personal privacy.

Thanks for your comment Deckweiss. To reply to your assumptions I’m not American and am definitely not young.

I’d be interested to hear about how your and your friends learn about local events without any access to the main channels that seem to be used by most venues, i.e. Facebook and Instagram, as I’d happily take some advice on this.

Also, as per my original post, it is not about meeting new people, that I have no problem with, it is about the inevitable conversation when they exclusively use WhatsApp to stay in contact.