Why are you linking to the old video?
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcjkezf1ARY](NOTCURSES III: THE SAGA CONTINUES)
refalo
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Big Tree is coming for us.
You still have to trust their black box Titan security chip that's only in Pixels, that they pinky promised to open source but never did.
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Not for everyone everywhere apparently. It seems dependent on some secret trust algorithm of your IP/fingerprint/something.
I made the same claim before and every time, people proved me wrong.
69% of the world population doesn't use ad blockers. Google made their billions from people clicking on ads.
Not only are we technical folks, only 5% of the population, not their target audience, it seems most people don't care enough about ads to ever try to stop them... at all.
Yes, I wasn't trying to refute that. But Nintendo can still ruin your life fighting a losing battle if they wanted to. To me it's just not worth the risk of putting your name on it.
You're not wrong. I just think that if you believe there is a good chance of having legal problems for your project (I don't see why they wouldn't have thought that), then it makes the most sense to do it anonymously from the beginning to avoid getting sued. Yes they can still possibly offer you money, but it might not be worth revealing your identity at that point either, as any continued development could be assumed to be you, and then you must defend yourself in court if they sue, even if it was never you.
I would consider that cartoony as well. You might disagree but that's ok. I'm not trying to pretend like my opinion is popular, it's just how I personally feel.
I should have articulated my point better. I meant that this has been the "final straw" for some people for most of those steps along the way in the picture. If you look at the comments from then it's often the same kind of thing you're seeing right now. That's why I mentioned selection bias, because there are actually lots of final straws happening over time, people just aren't seeing those or weren't around then.
I don't think any of the recommendations here are even close to what OP is asking for... QUIK from my understanding is just a replacement SMS app, it does not "sync messages to other devices" or allow you to send SMS messages via your phone from other devices, nor does it have a desktop/web version, all of which is what Message+ does. Pretty sure this requires a self-hosted server to do (or a third-party proprietary service like MightyText).
SmsMatrix, KDEConnect/GSConnect, Nextcloud Talk are some examples that will do this.
I don't consider that a reasonable solution for most people, and there are many posts claiming those almost never work well enough. You could also make the argument that it shouldn't be necessary in the first place.
I don't think it matters to most people, as you are still tracked by having the phone physically with you, which is what people are against.
Are you suggesting Samsung phones should have ever been allowed to spy on people? Or that this doesn't highlight a bigger issue? I don't see why this should get a pass at all.
I think it's very much a real threat, and leaked docs show world governments and bad actors actively use such exploits routinely for years, including keeping previously unknown exploits a secret to use for themselves.
I understand your desire to turn talking points into nothingburgers but I feel like this is not only disingenuous but against the entire principal of security and privacy. Of course we all have our own individual threat models, but to dismiss another person's model because you think it shouldn't matter to anyone, doesn't seem like a good idea to me.