didn’t see that one coming lmao

AWS

save money

lmao

Yeah but like, it’s a handheld device? How was it delivered

Dropped by drone?

Yep I’ve been going all Zigbee lately. I do have a couple of WiFi smart plugs but I was able to take them apart and install Tasmota on them to make them fully local.

When the Matter over Thread device ecosystem is more mature I’ll start using that.

Valetudo devs have given me some weird vibes. Would like to check it out some day still tho

I use Leap for my home server, mostly just running docker. Been eyeing jumping to nixOS but still not sure

Yerba Mate

I wish I qualified for a visa anywhere

Nice showerhead? Looks like a cheap crap one. What’s your standard - a bare pipe?

from nokia candybars and palm pilots to having a an always on camera, microphone, location and wifi sensor controlled by foreign advertising companies

We could build things with all that tech outside of those group’s control. That’s what brought you here to the Fediverse isn’t it?

For example I like Smart Home stuff. I’ve got dozens of devices I can control through my phone or automations etc around my house. My lights even. But I only like it because I control it thanks to FOSS stuff like Home Assistant. It’s local. Not reliant on external servers and works exactly how I like. If you bought cheap-o wifi gadgets that all rely on 20 different apps you’d have a really shitty experience and all your data harvested and your lights not turning on because whatever company shut down.

We can take control of phone tech in a similar way. Unfortunately I doubt we will as a whole but I think it may be possible for the more technically minded to carve out a small niche in the hellscape.

Most Android apps can be run under a mini-VM in the Linux systems I’ve tried - but some apps won’t function well that way (banking, NFC tickets, etc)

(non-Android) Linux phones aren’t really ready for daily driving even for relatively advanced users - but it looks like we’re gonna have to deal with it anyhow

Hell yeah

Harcoded block lists in your software? Gross.

Buddy I’ve literally never had to say this online but uh

Touch grass

I found the original and posted it above, it does in fact say “Nazis”.

Wonder what’s censored up there in northern Idaho

Edit: found it

Yep, fairly accurate. Hmmm wonder what the motive behind covering that was…

I’ve only ridden NYC subways a few handfuls of times but I never saw anything strange 🤷

Squat baby