Madis

I don’t disagree, it’s more of a matter of least evil.

But Chrome is already just Chromium with some binary blobs. Chromium itself even has sync and Google services at this point.

Besides, what would that change in regards to who develops it?

Of those companies, Apple seems like the best option due to their business goals (privacy). Though I am not fully sure why they’d want to as they already have a browser with a relative market share dominance and ecosystem.

Realistically, it would make sense to see Microsoft try again, it would instantly get 70% of the world to use “Edge”, so their goals are met. Chrome already has the modern web standards, so it might just mean slower progression of the web in the future.

As long as they are doing the browser work independently from Google (meaning no Google integration), doesn’t sound like a bad thing. Kind of like they already present their work (Chromium and Chrome)

I meant like the elderly might still be using a dumb phone, but not a CRT screen or analog connection.

Why couldn’t you turn off 3G on that old phone via that same hidden menu? Or how come the phone didn’t even recognize that it can fall back to 2G…

Well, they shouldn’t turn it off any time soon, just like they don’t turn off analog radio. TV is one I can understand where turning off old methods makes sense, because people upgrade their TVs and use IPTV/SatTV/cable TV much more likely anyway.

These are all good points and indeed I considered them. I’m curious though, how many 6th gen foldables have you had to repair yet? I know their 4rd gen was the most problematic and 5th, 6th got new hinges again.

I get that too. It helps to put it in perspective:

• 870€ is about 45% of the official original price
• the phone was used for 2 months and in a very good condition (saw it firsthand)
• valid warranty etc

I absolutely agree, luckily I got mine used for 870€.

So, a smartwatch? Pretty sure someone has made “badge” holders for some models by now, just like you can get a brand new iPod.

I switched from OP 9 Pro to a Z Fold 6 to get the best of both worlds - a small, TV remote-like phone by default and a square-ish tablet for media and multitasking. Couldn’t be happier.

At the same time, I do understand people who thought the width of Samsung’s Folds is too small - my first consideration was OnePlus Open anyway, but upon actually holding it in store, I realized that Z Fold 6 is just more comfortable for me to hold closed.

new technology comes along

I believe the RAZR foldables allow you to do almost anything on the front screen, and in the latest iterations the front screen is larger than Samsung’s.

So how do you find actually private services?

As long as the brand new one is legally binding, why not. And it is at least in California.

Sure, if it is already private. But if it is not, then it gets copied to different instances and so if the original post gets removed, it is up to each instance to follow and when.

Frankly, decentralized networks make it even harder to take content down.

But sideloading and OEM stores (Samsung, Huawei) have been available for years?

I don’t understand the second one “Distribute third-party app stores as apps, so users can switch app stores by downloading a new one from Google Play, in just the same way as they’d install any app”.

In real life you don’t see big supermarkets spread their flyers in competitors’ stores, how does that make sense digitally?

Though that does not equal to interest by the devs who create ROMs and other such content.

Maybe less of a concern since Treble but a concern nonetheless.