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Picking another corporation to base your language around isn't better. Why not refer to the general privacy concepts that corporation claims to have?
This reeks of adults trying to explain to other adults about 'internet speak' and should have stayed in whichever marketing fools addled brain it came from
but if enough people use google as a general verb, the word will stop being owned by alphabet (from my understanding)
I just say "I did a search" instead of "I googled it" nowadays, mostly because I don't like lying.
hehe, yikes
between Proton moving operations and its CEO being a MAGA (or at least a Trump sycophant), the advice to adopt Proton has really curdled recently
Yes, all his musings about Trump cracking down on Google aged like fine milk. Everyone who paid attention knew this though. He should keep his mouth shut about politics and do his company a favor
It would be safer if we discussed.this using encryption:
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OK?
Please provide your public key.
Oh, sorry, I lost that with my bitcoin wallet in 2011 when my hard drive crashed โน๏ธ
What the fuck is wrong with just saying email? It's been around for decades.
If someone said to me "Could you crack a Linux" I would walk away slowly and avoid eye contact.
installing apps instead of sIdEloADing please
Hush! Behave you subversive element! Only evil people won't use official appstores!
Using snap or Flatpack?
make install
fuck snaps, flatpak is my bae.
Gotta go home and crack a few linuxes
Don't forget to pop some kernels when you're done.
Linuces
Linopodes
Not Linuxi?
Linuxen.
Apparently Linuces is Latin for multiple Torvalds's
Silly me, I forgot the grammatical plural of Linux. Damn it.
Hello fellow linuxahoic
Instead, lets simplify: Search, Message, Email, Video Call... wtf is the last one
Instead of: "Android."
Say: "An open source Android (AOSP)-based operating system such as LineageOS for microG or other similar FOSS projects that fully circumvent Google Play Services."
You know, like a normal person.
I do say Lineage, but not MicroG, I've found that nothing that used it still works after the Verified Device API was implemented and everyone dropped support for older Android versions.
I was using an old Note 8, with stock Android on it, just for the stuff like banking apps and my coffee discount but the very last of them "updated" to break last week so ALL the Evil Empire is for the bin.
Would be better if this had serious suggestions. But to add a serious one, please say something like "content blocker" instead of "adblocker"; you're not freeloading by blocking ads, you're choosing to not connect to unwanted privacy-hostile content with your computer and internet connection, as you should.
Proton advertisement.
This is a joke... right? Right?
Judging by the last part... yeah. But also, there is something to it.
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What the fuck is this?
Had me going until "Could you crack a Linux?"
The linux is already open
Do people not know how to say "this is my email address" anymore?
If I actually cpuld be bothered to go hang out with people I would totally try to make crack a linux a thing
Do we trust proton mail? Is tutamail a better alternative?
Tuta is much better than proton, but I'm finding Germany to be more than a bit sus lately, too.
I need to find a provider in Iceland or something, where there's still a bit of respect for actual people.
Its been so hard to stop saying google it but im getting there, they really got us good with their branding brain worm
Pretty sure "to google" means to search for something and get nothing but ads, bad answers, and frustration now. Dunno why anyone would want that.
Or maybe it means "to create a cool product then kill it while it's still popular."
Luckily I find it pretty easy to avoid using brand names and just use the plain old verb.
Search it for me. Look it up. Message me. Send it to me, I'll send this back to you. Set up a call, a meeting, a video call.
At the same time, Google hates people using their name generically for web searching because it risks them losing the trademark.
So I guess I am conflicted, because I hate to acknowledge Google more than I need to, but would love to see the term become meaningless.
I use DuckDuckGo but say Google for this exact reason. If I'm talking to someone I actually like I usually elaborate to say "Google isn't the search engine I actually use because it's sus, but you know what I mean"
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Yeah, language doesn't work like that.
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