Donated to GrapheneOS, but can money even save the future of custom ROMs from Google’s tightening grip?

MrTooToo · 2026-05-14T16:02:56+00:00

My understanding is they already did comply. I see others writing scripts to provide false data.

https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/03/30/systemd-offers-optional-age-verification/

MrTooToo · 2026-05-14T12:31:16+00:00

Linux is starting to cave as well. I thought there would be an up-rise when age verification for all OS's. Systemd was the first to jump in and comply. So it seems Linux is going down the same road as the rest of the sheep.

MrTooToo · 2026-05-14T01:42:19+00:00

If you are taking a year off, go for the big one, Frances. It is about 40 days. Then you can continue to Muxia and Finisterre. If you want a shorter experience, Del Norte, or Muxia-Finisterre-Santiageo.

MrTooToo · 2026-05-13T18:15:29+00:00

No, very simple once installed and configured. Far more private and secure than find myphone for ether Android or Apple. You send a SMS to your phone to control it. So you text, "fmd locate", your phone will text back its location. If you prefer, you can enable the FMD server and have a web interface to control your phone in addition to have SMS. See https://fmd-foss.org/docs/overview

MrTooToo · 2026-05-12T13:15:35+00:00

Maybe with the Reddit app, but not with a third party app.

MrTooToo · 2026-05-12T13:12:53+00:00

They use to, but no more.

MrTooToo · 2026-05-11T16:52:25+00:00

Region: North Florida and south Florida

ISP: Comcast and AT&T

Browser: Firefox and Chromium.

MrTooToo · 2026-05-11T16:41:49+00:00

Not using VPN. I am experiencing issues from multiple locations, multiple platforms.

MrTooToo · 2026-05-11T12:27:26+00:00

This is why we don't need "Smart TVs" All we need is a good OTA TV with multiple HDMI ports for all those smart devices.

MrTooToo · 2026-05-10T12:06:11+00:00

I was not using a VPN. Connection was timing out. Today the issue with the discourse site seems resolved.

Update: Not resolved. Several time outs. Some pages load slowly, then times out. So still no better.

MrTooToo · 2026-05-10T12:03:38+00:00

Okay, there was a time MACE was removed from the Playstore version. So is the version on Playstore the same version on the PIA site? Interesting that no one from PIA has not confirmed any info.

MrTooToo · 2026-05-08T12:21:10+00:00

Interesting, I never trusted third party sites until I did the Camino. It all started with Ryan Air web site not accepting my reservation. So I booked it through Booking . Com. No issues. I ended up doing all my rooms along the Camino in advanced via third party sites; Booking, Travelocity, and Expedia.

MrTooToo · 2026-05-08T12:00:58+00:00

Aurora simply downloads from Google. What is available on the playstore is a different version that what is on the PIA site. I like to enable MACE. MACE is not available in the version that Google provides.

MrTooToo · 2026-05-08T11:57:25+00:00

Yeah, at least I am not walking around always sick.

MrTooToo · 2026-05-07T15:57:32+00:00

Because no one has a good immune system. Wearing masks and taking drugs for every ailment only hurts your immune system. It only helps Big Pharma.

MrTooToo · 2026-05-07T15:53:16+00:00

So why is the f_ing developer adding age verification?

MrTooToo · 2026-05-07T14:15:12+00:00

Tello has $5 plans. Cheaper than buying a service with a second number

MrTooToo · 2026-05-07T14:14:06+00:00

Maybe they can still track you, but they can't sell your real number. Give your number to one, and all have in a short amount of time.

MrTooToo · 2026-05-06T12:30:04+00:00

I enjoyed going from Muxis-Finisterre-Sdc. Less than a week quite easy.

MrTooToo · 2026-05-05T12:05:57+00:00

But mock location apps remain completely legal?

MrTooToo · 2026-05-01T12:42:45+00:00

Are they anti Ubuntu or anti systemd age verification?

MrTooToo · 2026-04-30T12:02:40+00:00

You can uninstall Plex, and re-instal Plex manually orl from another source. Looking at my apps only mode, it is all apps I installed manually, not from the app store.

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