The alternatives to Intel/AMD/Nvidia, Visa/Mastercard/American Express/Discover and IOS/Android need to be more developed.
How does one realistically move away from Google maps?
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You should replace apple with GrapheneOS, and icloud/G drive with preferrably self-hosted Nextcloud the only replacements for US payment processors (Visa, MasterCard, Amex etc.) are cash and Monero (on sites like shopinbit - EU based - moneromarket, XMRbazaar, monerica, kycnot.me, coincards) and cash/Monero-bought gift cards (coincards).
You can replace Intel/AMD with a RISC-V CPU (a well-funded open source CPU architecture, already available on Framework laptops, but still have a long way to go, so I'd recommend sticking with an AMD CPU since intel is known to be backdoored). You can buy (literally) anything using Monero using shopinbit (anything not listed can be sourced by them using their concierge service).
I long ago gave up on Twitter, prior to it becoming X. I was briefly on X but closed that account. Facebook I still have an account, but from what I understand it cost the Zuk more to have a barley active account then have a closed account, but it will probably be closed soon. Reddit is something I am trying to get rid of but it keeps sucking me back in, I have however removed myself from all the groups that are not Canadian centred. The only reason why I have a google account is for youtube, I got off of all the other services because of ads and all of that. I moved all of my subscriptions to things to Apple’s hide my email so I would get less junk mail. I also got a pihole setup on my LAN to see less ads so less google ad sense. I was never really a windows user so that is not a problem for me. I was fine with Apple Maps but now if I need a map I use open maps or whatever it is called. I have decided that I will not buy another apple thing, rather get things updated/repaired at shops local to me.
I have gone through my web services and cancelled everything that is not Canadian. I have moved my blog off of square space and onto Hosthero with a .ca address and I use it to create all my emails for things I may signup for. Unlimited emails so that I can signup for unlimited free trials to things, like I did with Apple’s hide my email!
Yes I agree ARM needs to be accepted a little more so Linux computers using it can be used as better (non Apple) desktops. Payment methods need to be developed even more in Canada outside of interact. I will have difficulties moving away from iOS because of FaceTime and messages.
That’s great progress.
Check out Organic Maps that uses openstreetmap data.
Then check out the element client that uses the matrix protocol to have video calling and secure texting.
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Wow, such a weirdly violent way to look at simply uninstalling an app.
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Windows is a hard change. I tried it before without success.
Same here, but 2 months ago I moved to Linux Mint and it's been a breeze. I'm committed to not going back to Windows. Not a gamer tho. But I was once a Microsoft employee.
Windows became an unacceptable choice way back in the 90s.
Lol my family had our first computer in 1999. With windows 98 and i put XP after. I was 11 years old then. I haven't heard anything about linux until 2005.
Linux is so good now!
Switched all my PC's except my sim racing rig becuase of all the accessories, but even that sounds like it should work just fine.
Manjaro is great, PopOS or soon to be Bazzite for gaming, lots of choices!
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When did you try? I tried it a few months ago, expecting it to be hard but it really wasn't. I'm extremely impressed by how polished many Linux distros are nowadays (I'm using opensuse tumbleweed with KDE)
I have used ubuntu in the past (long ago), and i tried Arch last year with KDE. Maybe it was a bit steeply, and i should try something easier. Maybe Ubuntu again or Mint, or Zorin or Fedora. Damn i must do a research.
Arch is just about the hardest distro to install….
i’d recommend an ubuntu variant, but not the main one… mint is pretty nice
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The day my iPhone breakes is the day I am the grapheneOS user. Switched already the battery so might take another couple of years till the update support ends
Isn’t GrapheneOS Pixel only? you’d still need to buy a Google device. Better to use something like Fairphone with /e/OS
Fairphones are expensive. :(
That's what you get for paying workers fair wages
Fairphone doesn't supply directly to Australia and the replacement parts are apparently even more difficult to get here. And they're still expensive.
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Second hand pixels exist and you’re not giving Google any more money
Do banking apps work with it? These are pretty much the only dealbreaker for me.
They have a list of baking apps that work. https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/8330-app-compatibility-with-grapheneos
Can you access it from your browser? That's my plan if my bank doesn't work.
I can't speak to graphene but I'm running /e/OS on an ancient Motorola G4 Play and my (Canadian) banking app works fine. I hardly ever use the thing because I don't like mobiles and I don't have a carrier on it, but it came in handy recently when my laptop needed repair.