uglytruck

The used car market is being strongly manipulated by the banks. Their inventory of repossessions has skyrocketed over the past few years, but they are limiting how many are going to auction so not to destroy the market and their margins. I’ve heard rumblings that with the push for EVs and their costs, carmakers are going to make them a service. You pay a monthly fee to use them and every few years you will get a new one. You will never own one outright. Who knows if this is true or not.

This is really just a power-grab move. There already is “Let’s Encrypt” - try going to a website that isn’t https. You’ll know right away that you might have typed a web address wrong.

I have always believed that the majority of the world’s problems stem from almost all of the world’s countries rely on a private bank to print and regulate their money. Those banks aren’t capitalistic, but I bet the people behind them are the richest in the world.

I’d try Debian or if you’re feeling adventurous, EndeavourOS.

I like GNOME better with extensions. My main reason for using it is Wayland.

I was on the way out a couple of months before the API thing. The content had gotten stale and it was harder and harder to have honest conversations. Posts getting down voted - for every up vote there was a down vote no matter how much it changed. I made a post once that went somewhat viral and it was nothing but a toxic shit show. All I was doing was sharing a hardware mod - not asking for help or opinions. I had really grown tired of it. This migration to the Fediverse was well timed for me. Now have I gone back? Not intentional, like others have said looking for answers - not engagement.

@matcherock, It appears to use microG and some other security focused tools preloaded.

@calyxos @privacy @ch0ccyra1n

There are user friendly options if you’re willing to use them. There’s /e/ foundation’s Murena phone that you can buy. It’s based on LineageOS for microG with a custom launcher much like iOS. It works out of the box, no tinkering. There’s also GrapheneOS that has a web interface for installation. It is only for Google Pixel phones and takes a different approach to privacy than LineageOS for microG. They both work in protecting your privacy. As far as computer OSes, there are many “easy to use” options for the novice - PopOS & Linux Mint are the best two that come to mind.