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Pan Galactic villain on the run from the Internet Gestapo.

Proud creator of strange devices built using a variety of esoteric SBCs

Pubwished awfur of 3 buks and cowntin.

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be4foss , to KDE
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Opt out? Opt in? Opt Green!

50% of consumers buy new devices due to unsupported software, while the "tsunami of " continues to rise.

can keep those devices in use and out of the landfill. Today!

Say hello to the new project ": For Sustainable Hardware".

https://eco.kde.org/blog/2024-05-29_introducing-ns4nh/

You don't need new hardware for a secure, up-to-date device; you just need the right software!

@kde

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@be4foss @kde

Yeah, tell that to the phone companies. I have a perfectly good iPhone 6s that I can only use for the one game that still works. Apple killed that phone for everything else through lack of support. Some for my iPad Mini. My Android phones are all made with flimsy USB connectors that always break and sometimes within literally weeks. The phones are still good but killed by bad USB ports.

BritishTechGuru ,
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@floofloof Yes - if you phone has wireless charging. Most do not. My current phone has an almost totally broken USB port. I'm considering cracking it open to add wireless charging capability. Or I could just find another cheap phone.

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@Bro666 Dosn't that need the phone to be unlocked by the provider in order for a new OS to be installed?

BritishTechGuru ,
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@Bro666 The annoying thing is most phones would work really well if it wasnt for the flimsy usb and the spyware. Most phones are truly bogged down with it, straight from the Chinese manufacturer

rbreich , to Random
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I'm not saying we shouldn't worry about how China might be using TikTok to steal our data and manipulate us...

But why aren't we at least as worried about the U.S. billionaires who own the other apps stealing our data and trying to manipulate us?

BritishTechGuru ,
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@rbreich one word... Fediverse. Eliminate the billionaires.

rbreich , to Random
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Big Oil claims we have to choose between the economy & the environment.

Rubbish! Investing in clean energy creates good jobs that can't be outsourced.

Failing to address climate will wreck the economy, as extreme weather will increasingly destroy crops, homes, and our health.

BritishTechGuru ,
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@rbreich without oil we would not have much of what we need.

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