afaik the expiration just puts the unspent amount back to your bank account (because you still need one with taler), so that can be an advantage if you lost your wallet.

but that other point is very concerning. what’s the point then?

first I read “AI Qaida”, but maybe there’s something to that too

I was like that. then everything started to become uglier and uglier. and I’m not even nearly old.

Event 41 Task 63? what’s that?

but to repeat: windows dies not understand linux partitions to any extent. it shows them as “uninitialized space” or something like that, so that it looks like it’s gone. It’s always best to check the partitions with gparted on a live system (e.g. systemrescue linux)

this is peak physiological manipulation

that’s not the only feature of v2. it also hels a lot with swarm merging (which with v1 only biglybt implemented), and it has updatable torrents. it also stores torrent information more efficiently and the incoming pidces can be verified immediately. afaik today torrent clients don’t verify downloaded torrents by default. qbittorent has an option, default off, to verify after a torrent completed. this is slow because everything needs to be read again from disk. I’m not totally sure about this, but I think a malicious peer could be sending crafted pieces that contain something else and you wouldn’t know it.

https://torrentfreak.com/libtorrent-adds-support-for-bittorrent-v2-a-potential-game-changer-200912/

counterpoint is 1) about grapheneos, a rom with extremely limited device support, so it is not at all representative of how easy it is to install, and 2) uses a browser tge privacy community advises to steer clear of for good reason.

also the webusb permission is very dangerous, because most people were literally trained by the advertising industry to always click allow and agree mindlessly, so I would not recommend anyone to make use of that, or any browser that supports it. and it is not only dangerous because of the unintended allowings.

in counterpoint 2) you make an assumption as big as portugal, which I also addressed above. lineageos and most other roms won’t pass the Google Approval safetynet check, and lots of apps will refuse to work. banking apps, DRM-based apps like netflix, even some work related apps in my country

GPay sure , just get a case with a cardholder

though I’ll keep that advice in mind

ok that makes sense and if it is not too limiting, at least its a bit self documenting, you aready know what changes did you made. hmm maybe I should try it out someday on a spare laptop

the ASCII graphics are stunning, aren’t they?

I don’t want to add them. I want to remove them (if I had such a phone), like the top level comment in this thread says.

Adb commands for uninstalling system apps exist

which in my experience causes bootloops. even App Manager’s recent debloater feature warns of this

well now I understand why is suse transitioning to a different installer instead of improving it

I don’t think that’s true. Administration tools could build on top of it, like snapshotting, which even if it does not work the best that way, it will work. and that can just run in the background, automatically, just like it does with snapper on btrfs now on some systems.

tbh this meme worked better with the pigeon

real linux users don’t need a graphical session!!! everything can and should be done on the terminal!

/s

you are making choices for others. some apps require it. and then the post was about removing gapps, and my point was that it’s not possible to just uninstall it.

most people are not

• technically literate to install a custom rom with a computer’s command prompt
• willing to give up bank apps and sometimes phone based payment

even just considering the first point, it is really not just “some” effort. sure we can do it, but this is a very small bubble.
I think it’s comparable to replacing the windows on your house all by yourself, from selection, across acquisition and taking out the old one, to installing the new one nicely and with insulation.

what? can you show a source? I think you mixed it up with Matrix

ok, but that’s not what most people on this world use. they are basically stuck with a rom that has google services integrated

they didn’t mean to buy from a reseller who got it directly from google, but to buy from people who had it and are selling it now.

most people for whom I help configure their phones they don’t want to buy a new one. and they are often terribly afraid of used phones. I don’t have any google services on my phone, the problem is not about me, but lets be honest, the absolute majority of the world’s population