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ghostermonster
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Comparing to max quality >10-30GB torrent is not fair. You need to compare it to other DRM-free legal options, oh, there's none. Side to side with Blu-Ray, really bad. But Blu-Ray is many times more expensive and less freedom friendly. Side to side with Netlix-like streaming, assuming you don't use some high-end service, DVD is just better in real watching and not pausing and glaring at pixels.
Would you like to be hit with a full or empty glass bottle?
If you really have to use it, web application would not be that agressive to ask for permissions and that's it. You can use app like Shelter to isolate WhatsApp's Android app so it would not have your contact and installed apps list.
All of them.
Even if I don't like my apps to contain any additional propietary binaries, I wouldn't call this one spyware. Because of the intention, there is intention to place ads from the company that has monopoly to serve working ads on Android.
It's really good quality. In my opinion low resolution only matters in static images or when video is paused, I'll take high bitrate and superior sound every day instead of today's streaming.
Sure you can just download, super convinient and gives best results. But sometimes it's good to do things the way that can scale in society or just actually own something you like :).
Plain VLC can do it. You may need to at least install libdvdcss and libdvdread packages, they are 100% open source and easy to obtain, but you need to read the guide for specific OS because some system distribution repositories does not ship them by default for legal reasons in a few countries.
Why I went to DVDs. There is libre software to rip them and depending on country it's legal, so basically you get a DRM-free legal copy with ability to archive or lend to a friend.
Richard Stallman itself said GPLv3 is already covering everything, source: https://framatube.org/w/1DbsMfwygx7rTjdBR4DPXp
Licence must be tested in the court to really know if it's working. We first need to see if GPLv3 would fail in AI cases, if yes then we need new version.
Thanks everyone for responces 😊.
Of course, but someone needs to add it and who still uses web browser to download system packages besides using some outdated system at friend's house :).
Some manufacturers, like Samsung, lock up their devices more.
Sealed up phones with no way to open the case are a little harder to tinker with especially when something goes wrong.
Years ago custom ROMs was used for having more features, but stock systems matured and it's the other way around. Now customs are mostly limited to privacy and freedom community.
And a personal opinion from me, Android is now just boring. I loved trying custom ROMs, but there is nothing more to explore with monolithic, hard to bend nature of Android. I flashed plain old LineageOS on my main device and for playing around I am about to buy a Linux Mobile phone.