Sure, you could. But that defeats the purpose.

GrapheneOS won’t protect your cellular data and metadata. It can’t stop location tracking by cell tower. But it does a lot for those who are privacy concerned.

It’s a PITA to use. You set up different profiles for different uses to separate out app tracking. Turn off Google services when you can. Manage each app. Switch profiles around constantly.

It’s work But… ain’t nobody watching you.

Security. Privacy. Convenience.

Pick two.

Motorola will have a GrapheneOS compatible handset. I use a Pixel 9 Pro with GrapheneOS though, and it works reasonably well.

https://9to5google.com/2026/03/01/motorola-confirms-grapheneos-partnership-for-a-future-smartphone-porting-features/

I will not install their app. Period.

I wish someone would make a Plan 9 distribution.

Seems he’ll really need that expensive security detail after all.

Oppose it. For most of my life the United States was not a dictatorship. It’s still not quite, yet. But MAGA is certainly trying.

Regardless, the distinction between democracy and a republic conservatives so often make to discredit democracy is one that slyly promotes dictatorship.

Splitting hairs over the difference between a democracy and a democratic-republic misses the point. China, Russia, even North Korea, are all constitutional republics. Do you want to live in a country with a dictatorship like that? I don’t.

Even if you don’t drive, you still eat because of roads. No food delivery to supermarkets without roads. Same for all other goods and services.

I hate these Mott and Bailey arguments.

The discussion was about professional use. Then you moved the goalposts.

Affinity is good, and runs OK on Linux with recent versions of wine. Resolve is very good. A credible alternative to Premiere, though Fusion isn’t all that compared to Ae.

Ardour is great right now. As is Reaper.

Gimp is still not an alternative to Ps. Not even close.

Republicans control all three branches of government. But yeah, let’s focus on the opposition party out of power.

I’m all for replacing fluoride in water with ethanol. It lowers IQ, damages teeth, and fosters violence, but it’d be a lot more fun than fluoride.

Not a Brit. Sorry.

Well, there’s this story:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/12/britain-single-market-rules-uk-eu-reset

DO NOT CHOP ONIONS WHILE COOKING WITH REMAINING EYE

A lot of people buy new cars with dealer financing at perhaps the worst interest rate possible, for a car that will lose 10%-15% of its value the moment the contract is signed and the vehicle is driven off the dealership’s lot.

¯\(ツ)/¯

Appalachian Roulette: You have to drink a shot of potentially poisoned moonshine every time a mountain daughter is impregnated by her father.