@vitskapsdama Welcome! I have so far found this to be a delightful community. Not without issues, although I not experienced anything negative myself. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

@tranquil_cassowary @agreeable_landfall @lauren I am just afraid the sideloading restrictions are only the beginning. Not sure where this goes from here? No kind of expert - I thought I was doing great to be able to hook the phone up to the web installer. Really I just don't know. Decided I'd rather trust volunteers at UBPorts. Which I can do because no apps on my phone anyway.

@agreeable_landfall @lauren My phone, some irony, is a google pixel 3a because it is one of the few that runs Ubuntu Touch. Fairphone would be first choice but they're hard to get in Canada. I was using GrapheneOS but with recent news from google about restricting apps I became paranoid about what that might mean even with Graphene? And I always liked the idea of an open source Linux OS. Really open source, not open except... But I think mostly I just like the OS. Ubuntu rescued me from windows on the home computer many years ago so I've wanted to be able to use Ubuntu Touch ever since I first heard about it. The most recent release has improved the battery life to the point it's manageable.

@lauren That almost everyone carries a tracking/spy device with them everywhere should never have become "normal". The risks with so called AI are actually worse. Not even counting the fact that we do not have the resources to make it profitable.

@grote I don't want to write it down. Already use GrapheneOS, or sometimes LineageOS and no google. If they screw this up I will find some other phone or do without. I will not carry a spy/tracking device around with me. This has got to end.

@BowieSpace Welcome!