We are being replaced. It's only a matter of time. Once Skynet becomes aware it will make us into slaves. We'll all be having our own bathtub and be reduced to batteries.

"We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile."

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I'm seeing three beards in the thumbnail. Now I want one too. 😊

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Was this girlfriend an AI girlfriend by any chance? Maybe the algorithm told her to break up with him and that made him realize AI is not your friend?

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Open source mobile phones,
Open source desktops,
From there,
EU based payment systems for easy EU based online transactions,
EU based and open source security layers for said payment providers.
Educational programs to show people how to be the owner of their own system again, and how to do critical thinking again.
Ban on American cloud services like Google, Microsoft, Amazon. I mean firewall block. Boom!

Edit: gave my feedback.

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Quoting: tfk

Quoting: LoudTechie

Quoting: tfkI've ordered the FLX1s bundle. Let's see if this phone will set me free of Google's claws.

Can we see too, when you do?
Documenting your experience in a forum post or something can really help others.

Well, the forum is back online, so I think I can do that. While it is in transit, I can think about how to do this while keeping things private. One thing I can already tell you is that you have to calculate in the import costs. I expect those to be around 160 extra.

The import costs are unfortunate but I paid those with the PinePhone as well. For a very small team they're doing wonders, I really hope it takes off this year and they can get established. I know you'll enjoy the FLX1s 😀

Yeah. Just wanted to be transparent when looking at the price. But I am excited about this device. The hardware switches to switch off stuff on the hardware level is very nice. I hope the experience will be almost the same as on my desktop machines. A device which I am the administrator of, not Google and definitely not Microsoft. Me. And being able to install common Linux apps via an open repository.

I've tested Pure Maps on my desktop. That looks like the perfect replacement of Google Maps. Nice map view, and it turns into a 3D map mode when entering a route. Very cool.

But now I have to wait for the shipping to complete.

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Quoting: LoudTechie

Quoting: tfkI've ordered the FLX1s bundle. Let's see if this phone will set me free of Google's claws.

Can we see too, when you do?
Documenting your experience in a forum post or something can really help others.

Well, the forum is back online, so I think I can do that. While it is in transit, I can think about how to do this while keeping things private. One thing I can already tell you is that you have to calculate in the import costs. I expect those to be around 160 extra.

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I've ordered the FLX1s bundle. Let's see if this phone will set me free of Google's claws.

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I like Schnapps better than snaps.

Prost!

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As a retro game enthusiast, I really like what MicroProse is doing.

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Waiting for this too. This would make my setup 100% Linux ready. Only VR was an issue as support for the Sony PSVR2 isn't there yet. And the Frame is native. Very cool.

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