Nope. Apple only.

I’m switching to iPhone because Google has let Android languish for years now. Samsung does more for android than Google does for goodness sake.

Apple users get fun and cool updates which is why they love it. Plus best in class photos and videos so they can share photos with friends and family with confidence, as opposed to android which has shit cameras and even shittier video.

Did you not see him type into Yahoo who the major shareholders are of the companies in question? And the results? It was very clear.

I saw a documentary recently where they show how virtually all the worlds brands are owned by BlackRock as the largest shareholder.

BlackRock has 4 major shareholders: Rothschild’s, Du Pont, Rockefeller and one other I forgot. Rothschild’s holds the larger share.

The same Rothschilds who boast about creating the state of Israel.

Whatever you use, Apple, Google, Coke, Pepsi, Amazon, Boeing, Airbus, whichever car you can name, they basically own it. And all your money goes to them.

It’s near impossible to escape their grasp. So don’t waste your time unless you self host at home or find truly independent alternatives.

https://stopworldcontrol.com/monopoly/

Nope. In Linux the typical action is to immediately get a fix out ASAP and be done with it.

Plus it’s unlikely that AntiVirus would actually make any difference. Even in Windows many things go undetected. All it does is bog down your system

The very first one was Fedora but it seemed very bare and I had no idea how to get apps etc.

So I switched to Ubuntu and used that for a while before distro hopping.

Now I’ve settled on Linux Mint Debian Edition

You’d be surprised. I think the governments of the world do as they wish, secretly. As long as no one finds out… But who knows really?

In my experience my default browser is always used, Firefox. And I disabled Chrome.

For anything secure I’d always open it in Firefox and never use the in app browser just in case.

Well it makes sense. Hamas often pose as civilians to get the enemy off guard and then pull out an RPG.

Israel needs some way to be able to pull them out of a crowd. Especially if civilians are to be protected.

Anyway it’s not like most western countries aren’t already doing this, they just haven’t told us yet. But there’s an awful lot of cameras around Europe now and I’m sure they must have facial recognition tech.

And of course there’s China who doesn’t hide it it all.

Eventually it will be worldwide if it isn’t already.

Edit: I’m not saying I endorse it, it’s terrible, but my point is that they can kind of justify it with their allegation that Hamas dresses as civilians. Also that, very sadly, this is a worldwide trend which will most likely only get worse because the “elites” behind all this world system (and the genocide in Gaza) seem to be succeeding in pushing through their plans.

That’s because it’s getting harder to find CD’s plus the majority of people buy digital

Mint ran fine in my 2015 MacBook pro and I’m running Linux Mint Debian Edition on my Mac Mini 2014.

It does use X11 not Wayland but everything worked fine, except the webcam and possibly the SD card reader, which is normal on Mac’s running anything other than macos

If you think you’ll be doing zoom calls etc, leave it running macos and just run Linux in a VM.

Linux Mint. It’s THE best distro hands down. Those who know, know.

Here in Cyprus they don’t let you buy it.

Yup

I agree. I did a lot of distro hopping when new to Linux to try all the desktops and have the latest apps etc. But after years of that I just wanted something stable that will be reliable and I don’t have to maintain.

I installed Linux Mint Debian Edition 6 as soon as it was released and it’s fantastic. Stable Debian base with Cinnamon on top. I couldn’t be happier.

I’ve always been confused by pacman/arch in general and always preferred apt which I find straightforward.

As one who worked in IT for years, I’m tired of micro managing systems and unnecessary complications. Linux Mint Debian Edition/Debian + apt just keeps it simple.

Timeshift is a must. Creates a system restore point in the event that an upgrade goes wrong and it really works well. I highly recommend that to all Linux users.

I also like Warpinator which is Linux Mint’s version of airdrop. Works between my android and my pc perfectly.

And there is tons of help online for Debian, unlike other distros.

Yes exactly. But the pixel isn’t available worldwide whereas Sony could make their phone available everywhere.

I live in the EU and Google don’t sell the pixel here. The won’t even let you buy it online because they can see my location.

Yes the 2a definitely stands out with it’s design and cameras in this segment.

Ok some reviews I’ve seen and the camera was really bad. Others said it was ok. Another said it was inconsistent - sometimes they got great shots and other times terrible shots.

They definitely have work to do in the camera department but tbh all OEM’s struggle with this. It took Apple and Samsung years to make their cameras good so Nothing will need time with that.

They’ve removed that banner mentioning the Ai offer all together now. It’s no longer there

But how good will the cameras be? That’s what is missing at this price segment. There are enough powerhouses but all with junk cameras.

Sony will be a niche phone no matter what. Dropping 4k and 21:9 won’t increase the customer base.

Price drops, better OS support and selling in more markets might help.

I have the Xperia 10iii and love the 21:9 and design. It’s also very fast and with Nova Launcher 8 it’s very fluid.

The cameras are good but not as great as I’d hoped considering they typically position themselves as photographers phones. That seems to be reserved for the expensive phones.

Given that they make the lenses they have a chance to position themselves as phones with great cameras when at the budget and mid level and that might generate sales.

The big problem with the budget and mid range is poor cameras. The 2a is trying to change that but e what’s needed is Samsung s series level photography but at budget and mid market prices.

People really want that but keep being disappointed. Only Samsung A34/A55 kind of gives a decent experience but better is needed.

I feel like Sony could do well there if it manages to get S series/iPhone quality photos on those prices.

I don’t think it will be a loss leader because phones at this price are specced the same or better. Plus they are making them in India, which is super cheap. I think this is aimed at filling up the bank account with much needed cash as well as massively expanding the customer base.

This is what I said they should have done last year when the 2 came out. Many times I commented and complained on socials and YouTube, even directly to Carl, that the 2 was way too expensive and not many will buy it. What they needed was a cheaper, mass appeal phone to build the brand and customer base.

Well I was right. They sold 60 000 in the first hour and revealed that phone 1 AND phone 2 sales COMBINED never reached 100 000 units…

That phone 2 barely sold. Exactly as I said. He had to lick his wounds and learn his lesson. He thought he could just come out and compete with Apple, Samsung and the rest just because his phone looks like an iPhone… Think again.

They subsequently went on to sell 100 000+ of the 2a on that first day, which is a very strong start and injected massive cash into the business.

Let’s see if the sales continue but at that price they are least will be looked at by consumers as an option, which wasn’t the case with 1 or 2 due to their high pricing.

Must have been very uncomfortable explaining himself to investors after the phone 1 and 2 failures…