You can always downgrade, If you feel like you’re getting too involved. :x

Yeah. It has for quite a while. My phone upgraded its kernel from v4.19 to 6.6.30 and finally to 6.6.82. I too was surprised seeing it updated from an outdated kernel to a more recent version.

It should. For general, usage most smartphones are fine. My phone has less processing power than your phone. But, thanks to 12GB of RAM and fast UFS 3.1 storage it handles 98% of tasks without lag. Only those needing high CPU and GPU power like local LLM models or high end games which require more horse power have a hard time.

Good to know your phone with your PC CPU from 2009 still works fine.

Joke aside, phones at that time barely got any updates. Pixel phone starting from series 6 was one of those which had longer update cycle than average. Nowadays, you easily get 6-8 years of software and security updates.

It can improve. But, hardware level support is not that great compared to a desktop computer. So, we have these short support cycles.

TL;DR

• A new leak claims Google is preparing to upgrade the Linux kernel on most Tensor-based Pixel phones to version 6.12.

• The new kernel could potentially bring real performance and efficiency improvements, thanks in part to Google’s AutoFDO.

• Judging by the leak, the Pixel 6 will not receive the update

5 Years is still respectable when support for most phones ended at the 3 year mark for phones launched at that time period.

You can block images above a certain size in ublock-origin in firefox. Or block for good in all websites.

Thanks, I used it with adnauseum and it made internet slightly more bearable.

Adnauseum is the opposite of bandwidth saving in your case. It sends a request to ad trackers reducing the impact of your the data usage reduction.

Remove Adnauseum and switch to Ublock-origin. 64kbps was a data speed I think I saw in 2010/2012 and maybe, 2014 when I used to exhaust my data limit.

You need every data saving measure you can get. I would block 3rd party requests if you haven’t already to reduce the bandwidth needed even further.

I use Fairphobe 5 and iode. I am quite happy with it - have not run into any bugs at all.

Good to know. I had heard this complain with some fairphone users insisting not to buy one. Maybe, it was the default Fairphone ROM which had some egregious bugs.

Just aurora store sometimes has a few problems - never bothered me enough to write a bug report(i don’t know much about that sort of stuff).

That’s a given the way it works. Not much you can do besides switch to the official play store or risk a ban by logging with your google account in it…

How’s the software experience for your usage? I hear fairphone is slow with major updates and updates can be buggy.

Pretty regular threat model of reducing online tracking by attention merchants. Thanks in advance.

Change it. Using an adblocker or tracking blocker also makes your fingerprint unique. Yet, most people would still use them for the added convenience.

Is it really solved, if its not done in practice? The rich make sure its not done and the laws are made in way they can evade taxes.

Does it matter if it gets the message and help spread the usage of Linux?

On the other hand, the SFC contends that because bambu_networking is required to run the Bambu Studio, it falls under AGPLv3, which the Bambu Lab’s slicer is licensed under. Bambu Studio itself is a fork of PrusaSlicer, which was also based on Slic3r. The original Slic3r uses AGPLv3, meaning every derivative under it, including Bambu Studio, must use the same license. The fact that bambu_networking is flagged as proprietary breaks the copyleft license and violates several clauses in the license agreement.

So they are crying foul while the code is based on an APL fork of the original which is also AGPL. By making their networking proprietary they are basically making it break the license clause which they should legally honor.

You can use adblockers like this one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dnsfilter.android

Not loading ads is one way to speed it up. Another is to use Firefox alongside Ublock-origin for websites. Your storage will take a small hit. Firefox can also be slow on low end android phones. Which is noticeable since its not as optimized as chrome on android.

Good. How much did you free?

Use the below apps to see and clear storage being used by apps, media and other data on your phone.

https://f-droid.org/packages/eu.darken.sdmse

https://f-droid.org/packages/de.felixnuesse.disky

4000 for the HTMl, 3000 for CSS, 5000 for typescript and finally 20000 for nodejs login server.

Reminds me of the Freedom phone saga.

I was expecting this as the main thing being released instead of whatever google shared at the I/O event. Especially, with that translucent android.

I simply have my most used commands in history. I just need to remember the command start and its done. Yay fish!

But, I should start saving the commands in a file backup in case the command ever gets lost.