Oh... https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/113887419695660943

Not all oranges are custom ROM (plenty of innocent people with imported Chinese units running global stock), but all yellows are 😏

I want to address a common misconception.

Raws (DNGs at least) are never meant to be dull. No, I don't mean that they should be punchy, but they shouldn't look purged of color. Whenever that happens, it means the metadata provided by your cam stack is incorrect.
Yes, a raw will usually need you to try bringing highlights down or do something to contrast or exposure, but whenever it looks really bad, blame your OEM for incorrect metadata, basic sensor mode, lack of stacking, or worse: forced post processing. Proper raw looks just fine.

Better tldr:
PIA enforces device/OS discrimination using hands of app developers. This discrimination forces a device/OS vendor to either ship GMS and sabotage user capabilities (as what you're allowed to do with AOSP must match with Google's interest) or resign from support of apps an average person wants to use. To convince the app vendors to support you regardless, you need to be big enough, and to be big enough, you need very serious money, creating a barrier of entry to the market, consolidating it in result and causing a GMS contract to be mandatory for every sub-9-digit company that attempts to obtain market share between typical users.

That's how it needs to be phrased to lawmakers, "custom ROMs" make it sound like solely a matter of hobby among bored people

Brave, μTorrent, Aptoide.

Don't (think of using them without looking up their business model, controversies and dark patterns).

$:€:£ 1:1:1

Where do I access this exchange rate?! I need it!

FocalLength: 21/5 (4.2)
FocalLengthIn35mmFormat: 26

That means a 1/2.55" format main camera sensor. When iPhone 16e got released, I thought to myself that they had no idea what to cut from it to avoid competing with basic model and had to resort to cutting software features.
But no, the closer you look, the more hardware cuts you'll see, they really tried hard to still have a high margin on it.

When you're fixated on equal bezels so much that you want them to match the thick bottom of a midrange panel

And they're actually giving you more for not trading in (unless it's something fancy), you don't get these "instant savings" if you do. S10e Lite gets you 100$, iPhone X gets you 70$, "Other Android Smartphone" gets you 50$.

Better than $:€ 1:1.12 I guess

Android 19 leaked

https://fixupx.com/patrosi73/status/1903837663817265548

1. FaceTime is peer-to-peer (that's pretty cool these days, even though unsure if people are properly informed about the consequences)
2. People discover that there's an easy way to see where your device is actually connecting (no way 🤯 you shouldn't be allowed!!! /s)
3. Now we can wait for either this becoming hidden from view or Apple using it as opportunity to advertise iCloud Plus