Just a few examples I use on my S23:

• Hiding the alarm and VPN icons from the status bar
• Charging the battery to only 85%
• Rearranging/deleting the camera mode favorite buttons (Photo, Night Mode, Video, …)
• Creating folders in the app drawer of the default launcher
• Option to customize the long press of the power button (I set mine to the flashlight)

Don’t invest in crypto.

Yep, me too. Unbelievable that it was LastPass, Authy and Gmail a few years ago. What a shift for me :-).

I’ve been using Kagi for a few months now. Before that I used Brave Search. With Brave search I had to use the g! bang every few searches. Now with Kagi I have maybe used it five times in total. It has so much better search results!

Ach, das wusste ich gar nicht, dass das funktioniert. Ich dachte, die Nummer sei irgendwie mit an die DSL-Einwahldaten gekoppelt. Da müsste ich morgen mal nachschauen, vielen Dank!

Which lossless streaming service do you consider to be better for privacy? Deezer, Tidal, …?

I’m using Qobuz. Since it is a rather small service, I just hope it is more private than the “big players” like Spotify/Apple Music. But the main benefits of Qobuz are the audio quality and the (afaik) highest payment per streamed song for artists.

Wow, I didn’t know about this. I think that’s a big reason for not choosing Apple…

I was a Nexus/Pixel user for a very long time (until the Pixel 5). But there is no more small Pixel so I “had” to switch to Samsung. The Pixel 8 could be an option although it is not really high end - I’d like to stay with 3 cameras for example.

No, because a cow has to be impregnated and their baby is taken away (and either killed (male) or is also going to be a milk cow (female)) just for you having some pleasure.

Kagi is also really nice. But it’s not free…

What’s still missing is an automatic upload function for specific folders (pictures, backups, …) from my Android phone. Then I would consider switching from Google Drive (I’m currently using an app called DriveSync for that).

Everything Everywhere All At Once.

This movie is so bad and overhyped.

Krass, wie unterschiedlich da die Wahrnehmung ist. Also nachdem ich einmal 90 und dann 120 Hz genutzt habe, kann ich einfach nie mehr zu 60 zurück 😄.

Liftoff ruckelt bei mir beim Scroller leider total. Scheint auf 60 Hz zu laufen oder so. Jerboa ist wesentlich flüssiger…

Not trusting in science.

Galaxy S23, because I use Android for 13 years now (no Apple devices for me) and it is one of the few smaller devices. Also great battery life, performance (finally Snapdragon in Europe) and very long update support.

The ability to stop pooping for three days.

So it is either closed-source with promised encryption (not verifiable) and a lot of meta data collection or open-source without encryption. Tough call. Signal would be best of both worlds, but it seems to be no alternative for you.

Since I don’t trust Meta with anything, I would use Telegram if I had to. But I would absolutely not be happy with it.

Try to convince the people around you to use Signal.