galileopie

I did wonder if Aurora version might function better. I downloaded the standalone apk file in hopes that there would be a removal from such heavy dependancies compared to the Play Store version.

I know Services is available in a sandbox, I didn't think of that, presumably because I view it either with disdan or treat is not an option. There's also MicroG which I've never been interested in trying.

Thank you for the link, I was not understanding you correctly

For talking with people outside of North America where people still pay to send a text message, getting rid of Whatsapp means cutting off all communication.

Buy an Android phone that you can flash to change the OS to remove all Google dependancies and use F-Droid to get all of your apps.

Copilot is not an issue, it's Recall that could send screenshots of all files and folders to Microsoft.

I can speak on Cisco's system or software, because I have always been suspicious of Cisco due to how massive they are, no company gets like that without dirty dealing underneath.

I don't think Google forks Linux, they use parts of the kernel, and there's also OpenBSD security code in Android as well.

While Google is evil and I will rejoice at the death of Google, I hope they are successful in their new OS to fully replace Android. I think it's called Fusia. Software development is always better then GPL code is stripped out and replaced.

I say socialist because of forced redistribution of any code changes, nobody is allowed to keep any new development for themself to use.

The argument that GPL helps everybody to benefit equally and nobody can keep the code for themself, that's what a socialist says for they government must take everybody's money to help those in need, except now the ones who had the money previously have become needy themselves and the government has all f the money and it's not helping anybody.

It safer for software developers to bad GPL to protect themselves from any troubles and develop on any other operating system where they can choose what code to share and what to keep secret.

Look at how well Sony has done with FreeBSD on Playatation 4 and 5 with the BSD license. The Playstation system stays proprietary but they send code to FreeBSD for any network and server issues. Maybe Sony refused Linux for PS4 due to GPL to protect company secrets.