This is fake news.

Unless it’s end to end encrypted it’s useless, false sense of security is worse than insecurety.

It’s good but I personally don’t care, phone manufactures will eventually stop updating their old phones, since Pixel phones are so open I can rely on third party ROMs comfortably, that’s also why I got the Pixel 6 Pro at the first place. Although I would admit for the mass majority an Apple like updating experience is essential.

I would really like to see Google improve their hardwares, I have no complaints with my 6 Pro whatsoever, but it’s obviously inferior to the Samsung’s S Series Ultra or the Apple’s iPhone Pro, both in terms of specs and designs. I have no issues with specs since I don’t play games but I believe most people still do, designs however is much more important especially in the premium phones frontend.

The notification icons are definitely better than the colored ones. I probably exaggerated a bit about the “guideline”. What I really meant is that on iOS all icons have to be exactly the same size and shape, and they all look crisp, on Android it’s not guaranteed.

I enjoy Material You design overall, the themed icons though are not my flavor, I would much prefer icons following a strict guideline like on IOS and still remain very differentiated.

E-cigarettes is designed to replace cigarettes nowadays, not to help you quit smoking.

Blocking all the lemmyml communities is a chore

No one is willing to call it, Fascist.

I’m running it on a remote server.

Create your own community if you feel like that’s the case, nothing stops you from running your own ideal community.

Thunder is really slow otherwise I would consider it solid. Luckily Jerboa works fine on my phone and it is native.

Moderators are doing their jobs for free, let’s not put stress on them, there are however dedicated communities for this specific topic.

Self-host yourself is the safest option, I do.

Mlem and Liftoff have been solid

SearXNG, there’s nothing much else to say.

SearXNG is the king

To keep posts, comments is unlikely to happen. Transferring the sub list and bookmarks or just exporting them should be in the near future, at least with 3rd party apps.

Signal is okay as much as privacy is concerned, but it doesn’t solve all the problems with communications in real world. For instance its centralized design means it can be easily blocked, a private Matrix server on the other hand will not even make it on the radar.

MITM is the endgame

The battery improvement with the S23 series is huge, you can pretty much cross off the other options, I do use the Pixel6 Pro.