Where’s the front camera?

…no, the alternative is to use any of hundreds of other chat apps that aren’t locked to specific hardware.

No, I haven’t.

I can obviously see the ones I’m replying to. None of them refute my statements above.

What does that even mean?

I’m not pretending. I actually can’t see them.

I see you are sticking with the pack here and going with generic denial and ignoring my arguments rather than actually refuting them.

Yeah unfortunately most Android devices come with locked bootloaders, especially Samsung, so I think you’d have to consider different hardware.

You could consider a PineTab? Or a JingPad, if you can find a used one (the company went under). Or if you really wanna dig deep and get a badass tablet, the MinisForum V3 seems to work well with Linux.

I listed a handful of reasons above, of which no one has denied or refuted. Just downvoted.

What are you using to read comics, and is it available for Linux?

Get fucked, racist.

That’s never happened. And being that you haven’t either, I think it’s a fair guess that it won’t anytime soon.

If you think any of those are remotely the same, you’re simply delusional.

My only concern is that you can’t use it without licking Apple’s boots.

You make a compelling argument.

Signal…only works with Signal, right?

Yes, that is one of many potential alternatives. Many others can be run on a variety of servers, with a variety of apps.

SMS…“just works” without any setup.

Sure, but most people these days are expected to have email, and signing up isn’t any more complicated than that. It’s not that hard.

How do you convince people to move away from that?

You send them the video in OP. Or try to send them literally any video via SMS. Someone sent me a video of their kids singing happy birthday for me. It was a really beautiful moment lived through the lens of a potato.

In many cases those apps are not necessarily tied to any specific service. That’s why many prefer federated FOSS services.

…which truth came out? They don’t have CCP officials required by law to work at tech companies and disclose any and all data they acquire? They’re not using Uyghur slaves in their factories? They’re not trying to literally erase Taiwan off the maps? They’re not still censoring information about their horrific pasts? They’re not targeting, retaliating against and kidnapping protestors domestic and abroad? They’re not censoring virtually every US social website entirely from the entire country? Please bring me up to speed.

Yeah sure, just tell that to literally everyone I know.

Oh and while you’re at it, tell them not to use any of the most popular chat apps like WhatsApp and iMessage.