I’ve had a Galaxy S22+ for 2 years and still want to use it. When I look up how to maximize privacy on Android, many results say to install custom ROMs which I can’t since its a US model and the bootloader is locked. I just want to minimize tracking and sharing of personal information. I could use a firewall app like RethinkDNS to block trackers, but could I completely block tracking from Google and Samsung? Are there any lists of packages to uninstall to improve privacy? (I’ve used ADB to remove a bunch of bloatware. Ex: pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.arzone)
Just buy a new phone. Spend your time making money. Don’t waste your life micro-managing malware.
Good advice but people have to suffer to learn these lessons.
Example: i spent years fighting windows but linux “too complicated” … instead of wasting years learning linux i was running scripts and editing registry which always broke the OS eventually… rinse repeat…
This is the thing that gets me about that level of user. I understand basic users who dont care prefering windows, but I always kind of found it amusing to watch people “Linux too hard booo CLI…now excuse me while I learn to manipulate the registry, and run scripts/disable certain things via the checks notes CLI.”
Are there actually Windows users that say Linux is too complicated but then jump through hoops with registry even CMD prompt?!
guilty 🤡
the entire loop was idiotic waste of life instead of acquiring a valuable skill. let’s be real any self respecting homeadmin has to be fluent in linux nowadays.
but at the end of the day it is proton/steam that opened the gates for this type of user to switch. if you are a gamer, you can figure linux mate lol
but yet we still people accepting windows parasite because CoD or BF, same guy prolly still buying intel chips 🫢
Eh, no use crying over spilt milk, youre here now. :) Linux is still stuck in a weird cultural hole, its not your fault it took a while.
Ive always been familiar but a daily driver of windows. I started self hosting a year or two ago, and recently switched my office PC to Linux with a secondary win partition. Ive just never had issues with windows but I’m pretty tired of what they’ve been up too lately so for me it was time. Whenever I get around to grabbing another m.2 for my living room rig I’ll do the same for it.
I’m not micromanage it, that may be a privacy tradeoff i make for convenience. I want to see what I can do without constant maintenance.