VolunTerry

Me too, but good to know I can check that at F-Droid and then fetch from source if I want. Best of both.

Thanks!

+1 here, friend. Spread the word.

Raise thoughtful, moral children. They are going to see porn in our modern society. How they process it has to do a lot with the tools they have to do that. That's the parents job. Not to pretend a 100% prohibition or firewall can be erected, but to raise resilient children who can thrive and not become irreparably damaged by the things they are exposed to in the world they grow into.

Recognition that they will come into contact with it also does not mean you have to endorse it or present them with it. It's not a binary thing. Choose how you want to parent and observe the results of different approaches. YMMV.

👍 Yep, it's sad. I can protect them along with the help of my family, friends and community. If not, I will admit failure and live with the consequences. But it's up to me to grow up and build skills and learn patience and responsibility, not the job of others.

Parents need to get back to parenting instead of absolving themselves of what they see as a pesky responsibility of raising the children they produce and putting their lives and impressionable minds in the hands of others, then wondering what went wrong 20-some years on and blaming everyone but themselves.

I'd like to see some evidence that F-Droid is less secure (or privacy respecting) than using the big Gs playstore or services, which many, if not most, playstore apps depend on to function.

I mean this sincerely and respectfully. I'd love to look onto it.

Because in my current opinion and approach, if you vet your apps and practice good digital hygiene, then FOSS>GOOGL/Alphabet for nearly everything from a privacy and security perspective.

Edit: if I misunderstood and you were saying don't use G playstore or Aurora AND don't use F-Droid, then may I ask where are you getting your apps, other than directly from the devs page or github and so on?

I agree with both of you above. It's a journey and starts somewhere, but he's not wrong with the recommendations, they may just be farther down the road for someone starting out.

"Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it."

• Plato

"In most cases, those who want power probably shouldn't have it, those who enjoy it probably do so for the wrong reasons, and those who want most to hold on to it don't understand that it's only temporary."

• John C. Maxwell,

There is barely any rule of law left in the West.

Also, the type of law you are talking about ≠ morality or justice. That ship sailed long ago.

Fuck Apple.

Yes, please politely ask those stealing you and your neighbors and countrymens currency and life's effort, without providing the "representation" they claim justifies it mind you, and then using it to spy on you illegitimately/unconstitutionally, and then using more of it to fund any legal claims made against them, all in contravention of their oaths, to pretty please stop.

I think we solved it. Pack it up and close down the privacy instance folks. Our work here is done.

Decentralize and make it all permissionless. These self-proclaimed authorities and standards organizations are nothing but state-controlled gatekeepers holding the internet back from its true potential.