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• Apple Introduces M4 Chip

  I, an engineer, am not doing this myself, too. There is a middle ground though: just use a privacy-oriented Android build, like DivestOS. [1] There are a couple caveats: 1. It is still a bit tricky for a non-technical person to install. Should not be a problem if they know somebody who can help, though. There's been some progress making the process more user friendly recently (e.g. WebUSB-based GrapheneOS... - Source: Hacker News / 14 days ago

• Google Update Reveals AI Will Read All Your Private Messages

  ...will need to be rewritten to avoid Google Play Services. Not true. All that needs to happen is for open source developers to "re-implement Google’s proprietary Android user space apps and libraries". https://microg.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• Which MicroG fork and version should I use?

  Which one should I use? Is this MicroG's official website right? (https://microg.org/). Source: 6 months ago

• Use ChatGPT Android app w/o Google Play Store installed/enabled

  Have a look into https://microg.org/ . Revanced yt uses a fork of GmsCore for its non-root install, though you still have to log in with a google account. Source: 8 months ago

• Magic Earth: OSM based map and routing with croud sourced traffic data

  Google Play Services implements a lot of increasingly vital features and interfaces on Android. Not having it kills a good number of things people consider important, like push notifications (some apps are designed to still send push notifications like Signal, but it's kind of a hack and does drain the battery). If you're looking for almost the same functionality without google play services, MicroG[1] is an open... - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

The Google Cemetery mentions (31)

• Google I/O 2023

  No one wants to play the guessing game of which products will live and die (well, maybe those who are compulsive gambler do) https://gcemetery.co/. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Google is known for killing services. What developer focused services have they launched and then killed?

  If you haven't come across these sites in the past, The Google Cemetery and Killed By Google sites are really fun to scroll through. So much has been killed off! Source: about 1 year ago

• The return of 12 inch Macbook?

  It’s made by Google, I wouldn’t hold my breath. Source: about 1 year ago

• [D] Anyone else witnessing a panic inside NLP orgs of big tech companies?

  Google 2023 is the company who killed RSS, removed "don't be evil", slapped adverts all over YouTube while asking you to pay for it, produces garbage SEO-spam-filled ad-ridden search results which ignore what you searched for, turned Android into creepy stalker advert OS, shuts people's paid-for accounts without warning and no human support available, has an also-ran cloud service behind even Microsoft's, and is... Source: about 1 year ago

• [D] Anyone else witnessing a panic inside NLP orgs of big tech companies?

  There are a few listing like the "Google Graveyard": - https://killedbygoogle.com/ - https://gcemetery.co/. Source: about 1 year ago