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    DistroWatch Poll: Do you own a Linux-powered phone? - UBports is a choice.

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      • OpolorkO Offline
        Opolork @Keneda
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        @Keneda Ok. 👌🏻

        How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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          Call me cynical, but I never follow invitations to "open this link" unless I know the the person involved or he provides a reasonable explanation for doing so.

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            Opolork @cliffcoggin
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            @cliffcoggin It's DistroWatch, not some obscure little known website. Don't vote then if you feel that way. Jeesh.

            How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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              Opolork
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              UBports: 146 votes (18% overall). Very nice! 🙂

              How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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                cliffcoggin @Opolork
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                @Opolork said in DistroWatch Poll: Do you own a Linux-powered phone? - UBports is a choice.:

                @cliffcoggin It's DistroWatch, not some obscure little known website.

                I've never heard of it, hence the need for some explanation.

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                  Opolork @cliffcoggin
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                  @cliffcoggin Ok, I just presumed that everyone here would have heard of DW.

                  How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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                    Opolork
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                    I looked up DistroWatch on my FP2 Smartphone via Morph. It looked terrible - not mobile-friendly at all. I could see the poll results but they didn't fit on the screen. Does DW have a mobile version? I tried both mobile.distrowatch.com and m.distrowatch.com but no joy.

                    How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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                      A Former User @Opolork
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                      @Opolork on Onion looks ok!

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                        Opolork @Guest
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                        @C0n57an71n said in DistroWatch Poll: Do you own a Linux-powered phone? - UBports is a choice.:

                        Onion

                        Ok, thanks for the info. 🙂

                        How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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                          Giiba
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                          At 18% after I voted.

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                            Opolork @Giiba
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                            @Giiba said in DistroWatch Poll: Do you own a Linux-powered phone? - UBports is a choice.:

                            At 18% after I voted.

                            Now 202 (15%). 🙂

                            How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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                              Opolork
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                              Archive of the poll: https://distrowatch.com/polls.php?poll=266

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                              I run UBports: 250 (14%)
                              ...

                              How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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                                  @nikkinemo95
                                  Wrong thread?

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                                    @arubislander
                                    Probable spammer 🙂

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                                      @Opolork said in DistroWatch Poll: Do you own a Linux-powered phone? - UBports is a choice.:

                                      m.distrowatch.com

                                      I tried m.distrowatch.com on a relatives Android phone - m.distrowatch.com seems ok on their browser (Chrome and some other default internet browser). Morph has an issue with m.distrowatch.com as it shows poorly.

                                      How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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                                        Just tried it on Android device in Chrome. Was not really adapted to mobile.

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                                          Opolork @arubislander
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                                          @arubislander said in DistroWatch Poll: Do you own a Linux-powered phone? - UBports is a choice.:

                                          Just tried it on Android device in Chrome. Was not really adapted to mobile.

                                          That's a pity. 😞

                                          How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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