I blocked them aggressively when I was on .ml. Or mildly goaded a few of them into flying off the handle so I could report them under civility rules. It doesn’t usually take much. Seems like vegans on Lemmy have been a growing target lately.
Oh, Graphene is great. It’s just that you can only install it in Pixels. There was a recent info leak showing that Graphene was one of the only operating systems aside from newer iPhones that couldn’t be cracked by the fancy new Israeli hacker software that the US government uses. But they’re focused on security, not privacy. So if you’re not concerned about the govt getting your phone, most of the benefits can be replicated by using open source software, a private DNS, etc. Graphene sand boxing apps by default is sometbing that should definitely be a standard though.
As for Pixels, if you look at benchmarks, they are always significantly behind comparably priced and even cheaper phones in every category. You might say ‘oh well thats just benchmarks and doesn’t carry over to every day use’ but they’re still selling people objectively worse hardware for flagship prices. They also have overheating issues and poor cell signal in addition to the overall subpar performance. They’re better than like prepaid phones, but that’s why I said they’re junk.
All I do in KDE is set it to Breeze Dark, set my taskbar to dock + autohide, and change media keybinds. There’s tons of options but you don’t really have to touch any of them. Default is fine.
I’m on the stock US ROM because there’s no custom ROM available yet. The first one was just booting as of last week. And theres no recovery tool, so if things go wrong, its bricked. You can swap between official region Roms after rooting the phone.
I love the battery life for one. I’ve used Pixels since the 3 and aside from being able to use GrapheneOS and being smaller, they’re junk, especially in that department. I would often come home with my phone at 4% on battery saver while traveling and taking photos, but this thing has lasted me two days before getting to that point. It also doesn’t overheat in the slightest, except when fast charging. It has VOOC charging that gets it full up within like 20~ minutes.
The software isn’t anything to write home about. Aside from the app drawer and the OnePlus apps, it’s pretty close to stock Android. I replaced most of the stock apps with open source ones.
I don’t play intensive games, but it has strong FPS throttling if it starts to detect heat to keep things cool, which can affect people who play stuff like Genshin Impact.
I paid $398 after trading in my previous phone and plan to keep this for as long as possible and hopefully put LineageOS on it when its available.
Something you might consider is getting a global version of one of their phones from a US/European retailer and flashing the Chinese ROM if you really want to experience it. This is much easier and cheaper than importing one, especially if you’re in the US. They can be downloaded from XDA Forums.
There are sometimes differences in hardware, with Chinese markets getting to purchase phones with more RAM or storage or exclusive colors. But most Chinese phones are very easy to root.
The Chinese ROMS are sometimes worse than the official global variants though. As in sometimes features are cut and things of that nature. Sometimes you get other features back in return. For example, on OnePlus phones, you can’t use eSIMS and Chinese ROMS have built-in ads that you can’t get rid of.
Edit: Also need to remember that devices like Huawei don’t always work on your carriers, again especially if you’re in the US. Stuff like Huawei might work unofficially by activating a SIM in another phone first. But even if they do, they lack hardware bands for cell connectivity so things are slow.
I have a OnePlus 12 in the US and its one of the only Chinese phones will full band support and a US retailer. It’s the best phone I’ve ever owned.
There’s also Immich, which is scheduled to become stable this year, so no more breaking changes with updates. I’ve been hosting it for the last year and it’s still undergoing rapid development, but other than that, it’s been great for me.
I bought some GameStop when it was $10 but chickened out and sold it a few days before it went to like $420 a share cuz I thought I was being baited by wallstreetbetters. I only later found out a close friend of mine who is a generally responsible investor was heavily in that and sold at like $200~ to pay off all his medical debt. He’s not rich either, but financially better off than before that happened.
I don’t mess with stocks now.
I’ve actually bought some of the ebooks I have and they come from the source with maybe the author and title. No publisher, no publish date, no description, no tags, no ISBN. Sometimes not the appropriate cover. It’s the wild west out there.
That feel when the bait thread gets deleted while you’re typing and you can’t post 
I was replying to someone who called out book hoarders using them for social clout but not actually reading them. I have 1000~ pirated ebooks I definitely haven’t read but I get dopamine adding something to my collection and fixing the metadata, which is usually completely wrong even from retail sources. You can’t call me out because nobody ever sees them though. 
Then I had an existential crisis thinking what if posting about your ebooks is like people who leave War & Peace on the coffee table and I have become a clout chaser by posting this.
I will just call myself an archivist when people ask what my hobbies are, that’s totally normal.
I do like that on Lemmy it seems more acceptable to reply to something after 2 days and nobody freaks out. Sure, most of the conversation has moved on, but theoretically those replies could bump it back to the top of the pile depending on how people are sorting.
They got funny lil noses.
Came to say this. Its basically indistinguishable except the numbers are smaller. Its why I stopped using my .ml account too because they spread. They are in your house now 
Unfortunately haven’t heard of these authors, but can sort of relate. I read Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson recently. Following that are Blue and Green Mars, but I couldn’t stay awake reading the 2nd one after being really into the first.
Also started a book club of the Very Short Introduction series recently with some friends where we try to read one a week. The Islam book is written like a 1970s textbook and everyone struggled to finish it, but the Judaism one flows way better and has more coherent breaks between topics.
I aspire to finish 4 books a month, tbh. Hopefully your next one is enjoyable.
What was the disappointment and what’s the next plan?
Not a fan of vaping, but I heard a kid (they’re probably like 20, I’m just old) walking by say they “missed their penjamin franklin” today and I cracked a smile.
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They have a list of dates on their FAQ for different devices. It sounds like you may get a few more years beyond when Google cuts off official support. https://grapheneos.org/faq#device-lifetime