Google: Does Amethyst offer "financial features"?
Me: 😬
Google: Does it?
Me: Not really.
Google: Can you give us more details?
Me: There is a donation button. When the user presses it, the app calls the user's preferred wallet application or service to check the balance, review, confirm, and perform the transaction before coming back to Amethyst.
Google: Oh, cool. We are done.
Install Obtainium.
Fuck i'm on old Amethyst again.
😬
Already got it there, thanks to your heads up! Really sucks though because ask the average person to do it that way and they'll be resistant. Extra step, extra app. Its harder to purple pill, but we will find ways. Damn, google can't just be chill and let us have our fun though? 🥺
I have a long list and goal of going as much FOSS as possible.
First, get a Pixel phone. Then run Graphene OS. Then use Proton VPN, drive and email with forwarding from gmail.
Then use Kiwi browser with Orbot VPN.
Then Amethyst for Nostr.
Then Obtanium for App downloads or Github APKs.
What am I missing?
Self-hosting Nextcloud or equivalent?
Is this the same as umbrel and start9? I'm not yet educated on what exactly I'll be hosting. Haha.
But I want to run a Pi BTC node.
Biased but star9 is the way to go. And they just came out with a new server running intel that’s much more powerful than a Pi for the same price basically
Nextcloud for self hosted cloud storage and calendar sync 🫡
Thank you!
Super easy to get started. Either fully self hosted or rent a vps with Ubuntu server and it shouldn't be many more steps than
```
sudo snap install nextcloud
```
On desktop its a great replacement for Dropbox and office suite with many more addons
Pretty straightforward tutorial
Go self-sovereign computing, nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll . Why use proton drive when you can host your own data securely with nextcloud 😎
Secure your home router or all that is useless
Tor? Or is there different firewalls?
No. Just change the admin and WiFi password. Use the EFF word list. Then create a guest network for visitors and home devices.
Don’t be the guy with the device default password.
Ink to paper to paper than.
Simple enough to grasp the concept of.
Or what say you, buddy?
nostr:npub1chakany8dcz93clv4xgcudcvhnfhdyqutprq2yh72daydevv8zasmuhf02
🤓
Guaranteed unknown is difficult to second.
🎚️ 
ProtonVPN😃
Maybe you should install Google apps😃 sanboxed😂
I've had doubts about Proton, especially how FOSS it is.
You're saying it's no good because they built I access to pull some of my data?
This is bad.
They (Proton) work for governments: CH, EU.
They've been working ca. 8 years to remove Google dependencies from thier source (Protonmail).
They've been working ca. 8 years to implement proxy option in Android app.
Do you think that they care about your security?
They collect tone of data and don't even tell how long they keep it (support).
In the meantime they introduce new products to bring you to their garden e.g. calendar, VPN, pass etc.
Evaluate it on your own.
Right. True that. At least Google isn't pretending.
K.
So what is a good alternative for Google products (drive, sheets, Word, email etc...)
Proton seemed more ideal.
"Right. True that. At least Google isn't pretending."
Exactly!
"So what is a good alternative for Google products (drive, sheets, Word, email etc...)"
Diversification - always. Don't put all eggs in one basket.
Consider selfhosting - it's not a rocket science.
How does one install Obtainium?
Github apk as far as I remember installing it
But I don't see a APK to download. Just a bunch of files.
I'd have said it doesn't, you can link payment details to it, it can call other apps that do perform payments, but it doesn't itself handle payments.
A new one for the unseen and unrealized costs of the Android Play Store soon?
I've been updating through Obtainium since I discovered the app.
Would it be possible to keep the Lightning functions on some kind of add-on? That could be installed from the app itself or sumthin'
i don't regret de-googling my life one bit.
GrapheneOS with f-droid & Obtainium takes care of all the apps i need.
Agreed, there's simply nothing to regret. The reality of the modern tech ecosystem is that much of the "conveniences" we're told we need simply aren't convenient. Having a phone that tracks me everywhere I go and listens to everything I say doesn't help me one bit.
I was seated at a park bench with a neighbor a few days ago. We were having a conversation. His phone (google assistant) unintentionally kept interrupting asking him to repeat his prompts.
It took me about a minute to close out the Convo and walk away.
#FuckGoogle btw.
#livefreeordiegoogled
Would not be surprised to see apple & google block nostr and Bitcoin apps. They want walled garden slave apps not freedom tech
i’ve been looking into some of the 5th circuit court cases against big tech, and what is coming out is that the gov has been threatening companies with 230 removal i unless they cooperate with mass censorship. except for google. they’ve been on board from jump. they have been tied to the National Security State from early on.
What is Obtainium?
https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium
Its better than Aurora store, it pulls open source releases directly from the authors
How authoritarian of them..
It's coming.
Repeat: Install Obtainium.
Now.
Amo #nostr 💜
But the Google release specific functionality will no longer be? (alerts, translations, ?)
It's inevitable.
I bet, not long from now, every app finds a way to have zap feature, #nostr or not.
#Zaps are forward player in #bitcoin team.
What is obtainium?
Get apps directly from the source, e.g git
Is Amethyst from Google? Is there no spying there?
No, but we are in the Play Store. So, they need to approve us over there.
Lost the #Obtainium thing, and now too afraid to ask.. 😅
What I get from this is that they don't care as amethyst isn't offering "financial features" theres just a button to open a users 3rd party app of choice to send value, not amethyst itself as its just displaying the transaction and not making it happen itself?
That's our position. We will see if they bite it or not.
🫶🫂🫶
🤞
Browsers like Aloha or Brave offer a whole shirtcoin wallet integrated into their software.
Recently tried Opera Mini and it has an option of wallet too. You just have to tap the 'Add' button.
In worst case scenario, adding a button to allow zaps might be a solution to go around it.
That's not true! Amethyst stole all my money and a lot of my time!
That’s not technically a “financial feature”, all good
Oh shit here we go again... 🚶♂️
Buckle up buttercups. F-driod or obtainium for the win.
You've given yourself 3 more days
I got this to fill out for snort too
Someone should do a Nostr store, and available on Google store. Aurora store is there so..
Side loading apks FTW
financial features?
It's really hard to understand the wording.
Obtanium is a great way to manage apps directly from GitHub and other FOSS sources, allowing you to install and update apps directly from developers.
This is a button to initiate a wallet handshake. So realistically speaking there is no financial features.
As I understand amethyst does not hold any user funds at any point. Definitely no financial features.
