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Me Buying A Phone From Google Solely Because I Can Put GrapheneOS On It (thelemmy.club)
submitted 6 months ago* by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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[–] [S] 4 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

I'm working on it and avoid it when I can as I mentioned. The only reason I mentioned it is that it's one of the last vestiges of apps I don't fully trust. I treat it like SMS or email, I don't send anything I don't expect could be audited by the government with the right subpoenas.

But sometimes I'm in a weird position. If I need to order food in my wife's country, I am not going to be able to contact the restaurant without WhatsApp. Then I, as a white American who doesn't know them, am going to explain to the delivery guy the reasons why they shouldn't support American fascism, in their native language that I am not 100% fluent in?

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    It isn't American fascism of course. It's everywhere.

    But I get it, I find myself in the same boat traveling and visiting family. It really is pervasive. So in your scenario you can't just go pick it up yourself?

    I know there are other ones though: Everything in some places works like this where they want to do a call back - deliveries, doctors appointments, services. WhatsApp has almost, if not completely, replaced the phone, so even getting a local sim doesnt help.

    I simply refuse to play along. I wont do it. Somehow we seem to work it out.

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