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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Jul 31, 2026

Replying to @QasimRashid@mastodon.social

@QasimRashid@mastodon.social as i need yet another reason to boycott meta inc products. looking that long ... long ... long ... list. meta inc has those surveillance glasses with ray-ban. do those glasses spy for right-wing outlets !? newsmax ai ray-ban glasses !?

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Jul 21, 2026

Replying to @MarkHoltom@mastodonapp.uk

@MarkHoltom@mastodonapp.uk https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fascism wiktionary does not have reference to "corporatism". but definition is good.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Jul 09, 2026

Replying to @VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social let me guess, 50 dollars per piece. and yeah, sold out.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Jul 08, 2026

Replying to @david@social.piconet.work

@david@social.piconet.work @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social or contact lenses !

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · May 14, 2026

Replying to @ScottishGreens@mastodon.scot

@ScottishGreens@mastodon.scot yeah i agree. let's start from the united states white house.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · May 08, 2026

Replying to @randahl@mastodon.social

@randahl@mastodon.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu theorizing: this might be the reason of recent tariff idiocy.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Apr 30, 2026

Replying to @scottytrees@mastodon.social

@scottytrees yes, three years is guesswork. three years is some kind transition period for alternate system, that assumes un-googled android, not stock android. i have basically ditched android already and never used ios. i use linux laptops. my point is, that after three years, even un-googled androids are impractical.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Apr 29, 2026

Replying to @covert_czar@mstdn.social

@covert_czar @scottytrees @lproven basically yes. my opinion: ios was already lost cause by apple's control. google is creating something similar to apple. for near term, maybe three years. android without google components is an alternate option. but i think alphabet inc eventually completes android takeover.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Apr 29, 2026

Replying to @scottytrees@mastodon.social

@scottytrees @lproven short: initial days i thought that android is open platform, somewhere 2012. at approximately 2020, i got deeply sick of android world's control and closed components. i also learned that bootloader has some catches even when oem unlock is activated. now i think that android stars to be lost cause.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Apr 25, 2026

Replying to @dansup@mastodon.social

@dansup@mastodon.social too few options. so i decided to vote to allow ai contributions. some kind of middle option is needed, like "allow ai, but mark it clearly".

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Apr 15, 2026

Replying to @QasimRashid@mastodon.social

@QasimRashid@mastodon.social loosely related point: un recently rejected discussion of slavery being the biggest issue for humanity. i started to wonder how far slavery goes, roman empire, egyptians, further. who started slavery, by whom, to whom.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Apr 15, 2026

Replying to @nixCraft@mastodon.social

u.s. politics. Hover or focus to reveal Sensitive

@nixCraft@mastodon.social although he is corporate democrat, so called "problem solver". are democrats planning loosing in 2026 and 2028. i don't like to support this kind trojan horse mass surveillance in the name of protecting kids. republicans are already bad as something, but this might make defending democrats more painful. these days i feel, that democrats want to be republicans instead of republicans.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Apr 09, 2026

Replying to @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk

@neil this might be individual incident, but i have my suspicions. this is a good time to remind that alphabet inc already has questionable motives, https://keepandroidopen.org/ . apple devices are already locked down.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Mar 31, 2026

Replying to @VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social

joke Hover or focus to reveal Sensitive

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social this is offensive. i would rather make deal with red .... satan. satan has some little compassion and keeps his promises. unlike this orange dude, he is totally in different cruelty club.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Mar 30, 2026

Replying to @randahl@mastodon.social

@randahl@mastodon.social it is slightly like an advertisement. in finland there is formal initiative going on. @digitaalinenitsenaisyys@mementomori.social@mastodon.social https://digitaalinenitsenaisyys.fi/ https://www.kansalaisaloite.fi/fi/aloite/16691 serious disclaimer: initiative has sponsors. basically, it demands independence from foreign digital and technology services, mostly cloud services. but those danish petitions sound good idea at this time.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Mar 26, 2026

Replying to @MostlyHarmless@thecanadian.social

@MostlyHarmless@thecanadian.social but, but, but .... we can't stop talking about war in iran anyway. it may not work as intended. epstein files need to be released anyway.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Mar 24, 2026

Replying to @nixCraft@mastodon.social

@nixCraft@mastodon.social as a generic comment. apple may not force apple intelligence, but they have one and it is in that awful neo junk. apple is no better than microslop with its windows sloppification system.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Mar 24, 2026

Replying to @m1rk0@social.defcon42.net

@m1rk0@social.defcon42.net @nixCraft@mastodon.social (DIS)honorable mention: apple intelligence.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Mar 24, 2026

Replying to @zetabeta@mastodon.social

@jxvvt@mastodon.social @itsfoss@mastodon.social short and correction: revert has been blocked, not the changes. birth date field is in systemd. my mistake.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Mar 24, 2026

Replying to @jxvvt@mastodon.social

@jxvvt@mastodon.social @itsfoss@mastodon.social this is slightly more complicated. one uploader did introduce a age patch, and it got approved, systemd reverted those changes. itsfoss should do better reporting though. my disclaimer: age verification is still a bad idea. https://www.sambent.com/the-engineer-who-tried-to-put-age-verification-into-linux-5/ https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/41179

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Mar 23, 2026

Replying to @georgetakei@universeodon.com

@georgetakei@universeodon.com standard joke: this is offensive ... to potatoes. potatoes are more self-aware.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Mar 21, 2026

Replying to @QasimRashid@mastodon.social

@QasimRashid maybe not the last part. was this a plan all along. hiking oil prices help oil corporations and russia. roughly everyone knows that trump doesn't care about ordinary citizens. trump is beneficial to big oil. last part is little weird though, maybe trump doesn't think after all.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Mar 20, 2026

Replying to @dangillmor@mastodon.social

@dangillmor@mastodon.social i found this: https://www.blockchaincapital.com/ i doesn't say percentages of those companies.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Mar 19, 2026

Replying to @QasimRashid__dup_1936@mastodon.social

@QasimRashid@mastodon.social because u.s. will rain bombs anyway, what kind of messages it will give future rogue states. if you do not co-operate, bombs will rain. if you co-operate, bombs will rain. conclusion, every rogue state starts their own nuclear and military program, and it's only guarantee for something anyway.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Mar 18, 2026

Replying to @heidilifeldman__dup_4077@mastodon.social

@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social 77 million voted for this. 80 million let it happen by non-voting. more or less they knew. there are those excuses: "i didn't vote for this." "i didn't know this to happen." certain point those are not acceptable.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Mar 17, 2026

Replying to @MostlyHarmless__dup_1995@thecanadian.social

@MostlyHarmless@thecanadian.social yeah! and that famous 3 day "special military operation".

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Mar 17, 2026

Replying to @QasimRashid__dup_1936@mastodon.social

@QasimRashid if this would be russia or similar country. pro-government goons would come to persuade the locals. u.s. is heading that way.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Mar 15, 2026

Replying to @bzdev@fosstodon.org

@bzdev@fosstodon.org @QasimRashid@mastodon.social i would argue, it is already happening. short: i'm not super talented, but as a white european, i'm not coming.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Mar 14, 2026

Replying to @FluentInFinance__dup_1991@mastodon.social

@FluentInFinance@mastodon.social i have a mixed views about this. other part is, americans deserve this due to voting for trump second.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Mar 05, 2026

Replying to @davidho@mastodon.world

@davidho@mastodon.world annual ! if my math matches, it is roughly 0.05 % of yearly profit. orange rash probably bans even this one.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Mar 03, 2026

Replying to @randahl__dup_2135@mastodon.social

@randahl wait a minute, greenland does not have oil. something doesn't add up. i need to think about this.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Feb 28, 2026

Replying to @VeroniqueB99__dup_571@mastodon.social

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social ten commandments might be fine, if repukes ... republicans would follow them.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Feb 26, 2026

Replying to @Tutanota@mastodon.social

@Tutanota@mastodon.social for short term, i support this agenda. delaying alphabet inc's takeover of android is beneficial. for longer term, android is pretty much alphabet inc's playground where users are just pawns for corporate greed and power. we need to move to other platforms. apple's devices are already closed. alternatives: laptop with linux distribution. linux mobile, not android based. technical basic phone. ungoogled android, temporarily.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Feb 26, 2026

Replying to @Tutanota@mastodon.social

@Tutanota@mastodon.social @DodoTheDev@front-end.social @jolla@techhub.social as a precursor, providing mobile browser support is a start. basically inside of a browser. and it is also platform and browser independent. dedicated apps later.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Feb 26, 2026

Replying to @ambiguous_yelp@veganism.social

@ambiguous_yelp @kde @olivenolje @plasmamobile short: linux mobile has roughly three ui options. 1 plasma mobile. 2 phosh. 3 gnome-mobile.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Feb 26, 2026

Replying to @techlore@social.lol

@techlore@social.lol combining whats happening in u.s. politics and big tech corporate sector. it starts to be scary. i don't think alphabet inc is going to back down, it is about control and power and u.s. government is part of it. for short term maybe: linux laptop. ungoogled android. basic technical phone. mobile linux distribution. for long term. move away from android, it starts to be lost cause. apple's devices are lost causes as well.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Feb 24, 2026

Replying to @fdroidorg@floss.social

@fdroidorg @marcprux google probably asked those developers or half developers who pay huge load of dollars by advertising, or those who are shareholders.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Feb 20, 2026

Replying to @jdelacueva@mastodon.social

@jdelacueva@mastodon.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu https://keepandroidopen.org/ developer verification gives more central control to alphabet inc. third party app installs are still possible in modified android systems. relying on closed platforms is a bad idea.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Feb 19, 2026

Replying to @stux@mstdn.social

@stux i donated to mastodon.social ! ... wait the minute, something doesn't add up.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Feb 18, 2026

Replying to @m2c_n3e@mastodon.xyz

@m2c_n3e @Fynn @fdroidorg @marcprux quite often banking app requires microg or android compatibility layer. basically android somehow. sailfishos makes more sense without any android vomit. lack of native apps makes sailfishos unappealing. consider ungoogled android for critical apps, and leave phone home without sim card. primary separate device for main purposes.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Feb 17, 2026

Replying to @fdroidorg@floss.social

@fdroidorg @marcprux i don't like to downplay f-droid efforts, or spread pessimism. still, my unfortunate opinion. android starts to be lost cause, too much gooish google in it, like there is apple control in apple devices. it is not just closed google components, it is android ecosystem and api's in general. alphabet inc controls android too much. of course, delaying destruction of open android is still beneficial for short term.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Feb 13, 2026

Replying to @evacide@hachyderm.io

@evacide@hachyderm.io trump police ... ice police is out of control arresting whoever they want. ice police is already using questionable and inaccurate ai tools. now pro-trump meta inc is implementing face recognition. what could go wrong !?

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Feb 10, 2026

Replying to @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social

@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social @lorenzofb@infosec.exchange #truumple

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Feb 04, 2026

Replying to @hyc@mastodon.social

@hyc@mastodon.social @dansup@mastodon.social @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org @xmpp@fosstodon.org huawei uses harmonyos, which may not be compatible with android. older phones used android.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Jan 25, 2026

Replying to @nocontexttrek@mastodon.social

@nocontexttrek@mastodon.social this is a good time to put this here: https://fedi.video/w/db227cec-2b18-4c81-8f46-bad747283479 yeah, produced by u.s. military in the past.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Jan 25, 2026

Replying to @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io now i got it, why they ... maybe elon musk wanted to shut down wikipedia, and build grokipedia. pre-emptively.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Jan 25, 2026

Replying to @VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social my point is not to say that both parties are equally bad. even with democrats after trump and maga republicans, i don't expect giant change. u.s. system is more or less broken, and democrats can divert only some of it. some days i feel that democrats are republican lite. still, parties are not equally bad, difference exists or is it less worse.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Jan 12, 2026

Replying to @alfiekohn@sciences.social

@alfiekohn@sciences.social whatsapp: trumpsapp threads: trumpuful threads instagram: instatrump facebook: trumpbook

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Jan 07, 2026

Replying to @frida@camp.smolnet.org

@frida i probably should think deeper. but i put these points now ... here. europe should support independent and free platforms, not like google play and apple app store. those are too much walled gardens. also android operating system and ios are too closed, some kind of free alternative is needed. individual app developers should not force users to use closed platforms. many cases websites with code is enough. maybe operating system independent open app platform is needed.

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zetabeta @zetabeta@mastodon.social · Jan 04, 2026

Replying to @lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org

@lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org i'm not sure that i agree this time totally. solar and wind break monopoly power and profits from fossil fuel companies. they hate competition.

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