I was hoping to illicit this sort of reply, so thanks for taking the time! That's a lot more than I realized or even knew was possible. There are even things here I'd never heard about. Guess you weren't really exaggerating as much as I thought you were. It's pretty awesome, the more I think about it.
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If you can find an old android phone, try the Amethyst/Amber/Citrine/Zapstore/Keychat combo for a while. It's a good opportunity to get a Pixel and try GrapheneOS, also. I was always an apple guy, but I got a taste of freedom with GOS and never looked back.
Side note, you should ask the lady of the yarn what she thinks of all this stuff, too. She has a different perspective.
Oh good, thought you were so far removed from iOS that you wouldn't relate to my reaction of "wah, I don't wanna learn a new phone and do hard things!"
Can't recall if I told you or someone else, but I got a second phone years ago to try out graphene and hated life. I approached it wrong, trying to be more super spy than I am capable, and I hear graphene has gotten way smoother since. I don't expect the learning curve is small though. May give it a try again though, feeling like it may be time very soon.
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Oh yeah, dude, I had the iphone 3g when it came out. Macs, ipods, ipads, the works. I watched the iphone keynote live. 👴🏻
I switched to GOS when it was HARD. Now it's just mostly...different. There are very few things that you just can't do in GOS now. And you have a guide right here if you need one. Pickle Dan is on the journey, also.
Yeah, taking to you and a few others (hi nostr:npub1m64hnkh6rs47fd9x6wk2zdtmdj4qkazt734d22d94ery9zzhne5qw9uaks ) increasingly making me consider it. Also reading a bit about all the spyware on Apple and Google (yuck). Lemme see how far I get with the ham radio thing before I take on too much, haha. Still got a few more good months left in this baby (10 pro) too
lol, same.
Nostur is pretty good actually. Primal is my main driver but after it started having problems with notifications I wanted to try something new. Nostur does it all, good experience so far!