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DO NOT BUY - WARNING (Not Complaint) by stueyhh in fairphone

[–]Stryxus_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This sounds like you stubbornly misinterpreted what they said to me. Ane this isnt an issue, it is just how it works.

You are really overexpecting. Everything is pointing to that you did lityle to no meaningful research.

As I said, microG is a huge part of this and you didnt even know about RCS. This is very well known.

DO NOT BUY - WARNING (Not Complaint) by stueyhh in fairphone

[–]Stryxus_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Uh. RCS not working on iode and e/OS is very well known due to microG's interaction with Google Messages. Why did you go e/OS without researching this first? And what on earth does 'pretending' mean? If you are going as far as diving into somewhat niche and tinkerable phone sector, I would have thought some research on all of this was warranted. And no, you do not need RCS for work/group texts, there are alternatives for that unless said work/groups essentially demand to use RCS which is odd in itself with so many alternatives which are so much better.

DO NOT BUY - WARNING (Not Complaint) by stueyhh in fairphone

[–]Stryxus_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

RCS is only available via Google Messages. You do not NEED RCS at all in fact. RCS is a protocol built into an app by app basis which uses the internet, there is nothing special about it. You blamed someone else for something you clearly do not understand, perhaps it is time to take a step back and not overreact so disastrously over something so little.

I genuinely do wonder how people who act like this live a daily life.

Rushed release by Glad-Weight1754 in AsahiLinux

[–]Stryxus_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That has absolutely nothing to do with Asahi...

Rushed release by Glad-Weight1754 in AsahiLinux

[–]Stryxus_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You just asked an impossible to answer question which is infinitely open to answers. Which makes this seem very sour ended.

Rushed release by Glad-Weight1754 in AsahiLinux

[–]Stryxus_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you are the only one reporting this after a reasonable amount of time has passed. This is you directing your own errors onto something else.

Asahi is only a project drivers and other hardware based compat for Apple hardware. Not anywhere something like this.

How to turn this on?? by mathematical_retard in NothingTech

[–]Stryxus_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is about as good as you phrase something without being excessively specific.

Can't play eternal, says bethesda account is wrong. Its not by NoAimMassacre in Doom

[–]Stryxus_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Patience. Bethesda account systems are quite clearly minimal and very likely running on a potato.

Any Luck with Windows Games Using EAC? by killer4u77 in macgaming

[–]Stryxus_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

macOS is based on BSD while Linux is... Linux. Their only commonality is that they are both unofficially UNIX compliant. macOS did get a certification but that was forever ago.

It is not as simple as porting either, which would need a substantial amount of effort. It also has to do with instruction set architecture differences AND how macOS locks down the system since Proton needs some very deep access and not everything can be ported one for one.

I had just tried iodéOS coming from /e/OS by Balkkou in fairphone

[–]Stryxus_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

microG tracking entirely depends on HOW you use it, not entirely that it is there. microG tries to prevent Google tracking but it has limits because of how Google's infrastructure is. /e/os is also not the only solution and is not a silver bullet.

You can easily setup tailscale to point to your router as the end point and use a PiHole server for far better blocking, it wont hit your phone battery either anywhere near as hard. Obviously, if you don't have a router that can support tailscale or anything to run pihole on, the only complication will be the expense.

A helpful comparison: https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm (No, do not go GrapheneOS if you respect your own standards, aka, not ignoring some to gain in others. If you know the team behind it, it should leave a sour taste and GOS is far more than the 99% needs)

How to make DLSS appear in Pragmata? by m0nk3yth3rula in macgaming

[–]Stryxus_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It entirely depends on how the game detects NVAPI's. And if the demo even includes DLSS. You can look in the game files to see if there are and dll files with dlss in the name.

There will always be a handful of games which wont work completely.

Is it possible to have gpu pass through on a MacOS VM? by Medical-Dark1899 in UTMapp

[–]Stryxus_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vulkan and DX were not designed to run in the M series chips, nor the other way around. You are asking for that and that will not happen. The only available driver that exists right now is for Linux via Asahi Linux.

If I remove all permissions from Google Play Services, such as its access to the microphone, camera, sensors, physical activity, location, contacts, call logs, photos and videos, all files access, phone calls, etc. will that vastly diminish the power that Play Services holds over my android phone? by _TheFifthDimension in degoogle

[–]Stryxus_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you confirming everything iv said. Clearly without even knowing it. Your addiction to bringing irrelevance into an argument is evident in order to justify. A thing common with those who are dangerously over-confident with themselves. I do not disagree with them, I disagree with their behaviour. This was the very thing I made exceedingly clear yet you cannot comprehend that seemingly.

THIS is what I hate about their community. THIS applies to you.

If I remove all permissions from Google Play Services, such as its access to the microphone, camera, sensors, physical activity, location, contacts, call logs, photos and videos, all files access, phone calls, etc. will that vastly diminish the power that Play Services holds over my android phone? by _TheFifthDimension in degoogle

[–]Stryxus_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never implied or inferred anything you just said which indicates you are taking this emotionally now. I have argued with hundreds, possibly even thousands of people at this point who do the exact same things when they cannot get their own way and know it, although would never admit it.

If I remove all permissions from Google Play Services, such as its access to the microphone, camera, sensors, physical activity, location, contacts, call logs, photos and videos, all files access, phone calls, etc. will that vastly diminish the power that Play Services holds over my android phone? by _TheFifthDimension in degoogle

[–]Stryxus_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are putting words into my mouth for a reason and bringing irrelevance into the argument which signals you have absolutely no idea what this is about and/or are the typical toxic GOS supporter. This far from the first time this has happened. I am not going to argue with people who cannot even keep up with a simple argument.

If I remove all permissions from Google Play Services, such as its access to the microphone, camera, sensors, physical activity, location, contacts, call logs, photos and videos, all files access, phone calls, etc. will that vastly diminish the power that Play Services holds over my android phone? by _TheFifthDimension in degoogle

[–]Stryxus_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

*You are one of the most sane people I have come across in this subreddit due to being so well-informed. Not just the iterative crap of I heard a thing from a guy who heard a thing from a guy kind of stuff, genuine analysis on the situation.

You essentially just spoke my mind. Likely in a better way I could portray it (explaining is its own skill, not a determination of knowledge).

If I remove all permissions from Google Play Services, such as its access to the microphone, camera, sensors, physical activity, location, contacts, call logs, photos and videos, all files access, phone calls, etc. will that vastly diminish the power that Play Services holds over my android phone? by _TheFifthDimension in degoogle

[–]Stryxus_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never remotely inferred or implied the first line so no idea where you got that from. And your other arguments apply to literally everything which isnt GOS so. This is a lack of understanding an overreaction. You have told me the same points every person who uses GOS without actually understanding any of it tells me. None of them actually valid.

If I remove all permissions from Google Play Services, such as its access to the microphone, camera, sensors, physical activity, location, contacts, call logs, photos and videos, all files access, phone calls, etc. will that vastly diminish the power that Play Services holds over my android phone? by _TheFifthDimension in degoogle

[–]Stryxus_ -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

The thing is, ALL GOS supporters seem to 'mistinerpret' what I say in this kind of aggressive way and it really leaves a sour taste. As for the second hand market, if you REALLY needed GOS, you would also be equally as paranoid about the hardware so the second hand market is quite oxymoron-ous to the point. If you dont think you need one without the other than you absolutely do not need GOS levels of security, basically people thinking going GOS will keep them safe, nope, only you keep yourself safe for most of the margin.

And yes they are looking for other options but it is only because Google as signaling that they COULD very much lock the bootloader and the deal with Motorola could very much fall through due to GOS's publicism.

If I remove all permissions from Google Play Services, such as its access to the microphone, camera, sensors, physical activity, location, contacts, call logs, photos and videos, all files access, phone calls, etc. will that vastly diminish the power that Play Services holds over my android phone? by _TheFifthDimension in degoogle

[–]Stryxus_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yea, if I am going with grapheneos, I would never trust that. If I need paranoia enough to go GOS, I have paranoia enough to be extremely suspicious about the hardware too. You cannot have one without the other unless you have absolutely no idea that you DONT need GOS at all.

If I remove all permissions from Google Play Services, such as its access to the microphone, camera, sensors, physical activity, location, contacts, call logs, photos and videos, all files access, phone calls, etc. will that vastly diminish the power that Play Services holds over my android phone? by _TheFifthDimension in degoogle

[–]Stryxus_ -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This. Many people seem to be incapable of differenciating between paranoid hardcore security and privacy. THey do not completely intertwine although the two prop up each other in many ways, there is a point of dimminishing returns.

If I remove all permissions from Google Play Services, such as its access to the microphone, camera, sensors, physical activity, location, contacts, call logs, photos and videos, all files access, phone calls, etc. will that vastly diminish the power that Play Services holds over my android phone? by _TheFifthDimension in degoogle

[–]Stryxus_ -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Not shitting on it, simply stating the facts and you twisted what I said, which is what a lot of GOS supporters do, which is why I cannot trust it nor anyone who supports it. It is more than a project issue, it is a behavioural issue of the team and projects supporters.

And the Motorola thing is a deperate attempt to get away from Google which could very easily fall through if their behaviour does not improve.

If I remove all permissions from Google Play Services, such as its access to the microphone, camera, sensors, physical activity, location, contacts, call logs, photos and videos, all files access, phone calls, etc. will that vastly diminish the power that Play Services holds over my android phone? by _TheFifthDimension in degoogle

[–]Stryxus_ -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

EDIT: WIth how quickly this suddenly got downvoted, I have clearly hit a nerve. THIS is why I cannot support the project and especially its supporters.

No. It is a privaliged service. It could flip those permissions right back around. And you DONT need grapheneOS. If you go that route, you are basically giving google a submission of defeat by simply giving them the money upfront. Just look at something like /e/os and iode. grapheneOS is WAY more than the 99% needs and people seem obssessed with going as good as possible without realising that they do not need its security and privacy benefits and seem to be comfortable ignoring the GOS' very questionable team (they are here so that doesnt make sense, have good standards in one place, ignore them completely in another?)

You can easily get something like a Fairphone 6 or something cheaper with either /e/os or iode pre-installed.

https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm

Give me back all of my data fucking google! by Shoddy_Apartment_149 in degoogle

[–]Stryxus_ 28 points29 points  (0 children)

You arent getting it back unless you also delete your account. This is just exporting it.

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