thanks for the response. for what its worth, most people I ask this question to are attempting some form of your first bulletpoint. I think we're on the right track there, it only makes sense.
speaking for myself, your second point is the silver lining of all this, to me. ive never had this kind of pressure before, but I hope that its the kind of pressure that makes me a better dev instead of burning me out.
cheers!
hey shaggy. I want to touch on your last point as a newer developer:
My department is finally seeing 10x development due to the shift of writing code to writing spec. The main issue is now our pipeline is stuck at review, so all that extra output is effectively wasted. Do you have any tips on what worked for you if you had a similar situation?
exactly right. positioning the solution as "buy different hardware and swap OSs' is short term thinking that solves the problem for the individual and exactly nobody else.
privacy should not be niche, it should be standard. go to city council meetings and make your voice known during flock safety hearings. write your legislators to make your stance known on OS DOB registry. its not nearly as cool as a de-googled phone you can show your friends. its not technical. but we're sliding backwards because we're distracted from tried and true solutions.
absolutely. we all have to individually decide our priorities in an era where our choices are incredibly limited.
my choice is to have as rock solid of a foundation as possible, so that every step afterwards is harder to compromise. that choice will not be the same for everybody depending on their starting motivations and end-goal posture.
simply sharing where my experience has informed my opinion.
I'm putting that first sentence in my back pocket lol
without going too in depth:
Google and apple have the most money, they create the best hardware (relevant in this case for the hardware root of trust)
A privacy focused individual should also be concerned about security to some degree, making the hardware root of trust a high priority.
Apple locks down their boot process too rigidly to load a new OS without compromising that security.
that's why we're left with Pixels as the only option. Apparently Motorola will be on the table soon. I have no experience with their chip design so I'm curious to see what they release.
If the post is getting deleted on one forum, they should post the findings somewhere else. that thread smells FUDdy to me
ITT: people discovering why there are so many branches of Christianity
hey there, this is really cool. please keep us updated if you have any developments on how you solve the problems, and what else you discover
I checked gadgetbridge and it doesn't look like there's a solution for omnipod. That's about as far as my knowledge can take me.
As far as workarounds: does the app require an internet connection? Could you buy a used android, go to a place with public WiFi to make a throwaway google account, download the app, never reconnect the phone to WiFi again?
my repos are NOT going to make their code less sloppy let me tell you
I remember something about homes owned by nonresidents, so I believe the second.