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The FOSS equivalent of "find my device" is called... Find My Device. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.nulide.findmydevice/

As I understand it the sandboxed google apps are entirely optional. You can go completely free with GrapheneOS just like with LineageOS.

They're working with an (unrevealed) major OEM to bring a compatible device to market sometime next year.

https://old.reddit.com/r/GrapheneOS/comments/1o32gpg/blackberry_phones/nivsx0k/

Here's hoping its a device with an SD card slot and optionally a 3.5 jack. The Pixel's lack of those is the one reason I haven't made the switch.

Source availability is necessary but not sufficient for 2 of the 4 freedoms.

Thankfully Immich is protected against rugpulls (i.e. becoming proprietary) by virtue of it not requiring a Contributor License Agreement (CLA), so FUTO doesn't even own the copyrights to the code. Therefore, if anyone is suspicious of FUTO's influence over the project, they can simply fork it (and I imagine someone will)

But if you have something doing face detection I would hope it's stored locally and not sent to a "cloud" no matter who runs it.

"good" is subjective but FUTO's software is non-free. Their attempts to openwash their proprietary license is enough of a red flag.

No, he was just a talking head that they hired a while ago. According to some in this thread he's no longer with them today, but I don't have a source for that.

In fairness, this is an issue with YouTube itself. It seems to take any opportunity it can to push you down a right-wing pipeline.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/01/29/276000/a-study-of-youtube-comments-shows-how-its-turning-people-onto-the-alt-right/

"FULU" is a consumer rights organization iirc. The name sounds like a spinoff or sister organization to FUTO, but I don't think there's an official relationship.

FUTO has always been sus, but privacy redditors gave them a pass because of Rossmann's involvement.

Blocking internet access doesn't magically turn proprietary software into free software.

I've always been an outspoken skeptic of FUTO (check post history) and their bizarre campaign against free software, but I didn't know they were this bad. Yikes