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I took the Android leap from Apple about six years ago and never looked back. Androids are superior in almost every way when it comes to privacy and customization

Apple stopped being innovative around the time Steve Jobs died; each update is just more ways to spy and spam you with a slightly better camera. I will say iPhones are very user friendly, so there is like a 20 min learning curve converting from Apple to Android.

Also not sure where you are getting your phone plan, but there's only 3 tower providers in the US now. Verizon, At&t, and T-Mobile. I'd avoid any of those as a carrier because they tend to overcharge.

Low cost carriers still operate service under 1 of those 3 company's towers, so you'll still get the same service but at a cheaper price. I use Boost Mobile, $50 a month with no hidden fees, month-to-month and somehow the price hasn't gone up in five years.

Biden blames jet lag and travel for poor debate performance in c/politics@hexbear.net

[–] Dbumba@hexbear.net 21 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This is like a 2k era celebrity excuse, surprised they didn't pull the ol' Lindsay Lohan dehydration

BLOOD IS BLOOD in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[–] Dbumba@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago (6 children)

AB+ Gang rise up. Universal recipients (sigma parasite) and universal plasma donors. When receiving blood sometimes I'll mix A, B, and O just to flex.

Adobe overhauls terms of service to say it won’t train AI on customers’ work in c/technology@lemmy.zip

[–] Dbumba@hexbear.net 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We pwomise we're swawwy 🥺👉👈

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Workaround for wifi scanning? (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago by Dbumba@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

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I have an app for work that uses wifi scanning to track my location. It basically wants a location update every hour so it can geotag my location. If the data is too far apart between where I am and where I'm supposed to be, it creates a red flag.

Ive deduced its because of wifi scanning. Tried a GPS spoof which seemed to work once I turned off wifi and wifi scanning.

But now if I disable wifi scanning, the app insists I turn it back on and it refuses to work. Any feasible workarounds for this? Android device.

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Tips for phone privacy? (hexbear.net)

submitted 9 months ago by Dbumba@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

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Hey Hexbear

Like to think I do an ok job keeping my desktop setup secure, but realized recently I don't do the same for my mobile devices.

Does anyone have any good tips how to help keep your phone more private and secure?

I have both an android and iPhone, and realize androids are superior to that sort of customization. Thought it might be useful tho if anyone had any tips for either though.

Fantastic image. Trump looks like he's holding in a massive dump. in c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

[–] Dbumba@hexbear.net 11 points 10 months ago

It's a parody account FYI but his X formerly known as Twitter is gold

Young Girl Goes Viral For Staring Right Into Your Soul While Showing Pigs in c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

[–] Dbumba@hexbear.net 10 points 10 months ago

There was a "reality" show about this called "Pig Royalty" about two rival Texan families who competed in pig showing competitions like this. It was made by the same production company as Breaking Amish so that's why "reality" is in sarcastic airquotes. It's basically two seasons of this with some manufacturered drama peppered in.

It got canceled after the second season and has since been scrubbed from Discovery+ streaming (v sus). Also, one of the kids on the show committed suicide in 2024 very heartbreaking

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What's your "greatest generation" hot take (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 years ago by Dbumba@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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For me, it's the drive thru-- makes the boomer kids lazy, wasting gas, environmently unfriendly, no thank you. I'll physically walk into the fast food lobby for reconstituted pink chicken slime as nature intended.