I am more concerned about GrapheneOS still using Shitter and Reddit (especially when they apparently have their own Mastodon instance) then this largely inconsequential but slightly better than the status quo initiative by a tiny German phone reseller (Volla Systeme GmbH, not to be confused with those Finnish Jolla aka ex-Nokia people).
I’m of two minds. I agree. But there is also the need to go to where the people having these kinds of conversations are.
Mikay should really seek help. He’s done so much for privacy, I think someone should really reference him to psychiatric help. Also relevant is the fact Motorola is not European and has a vested interest in Google maintaining the monopoly while they sell the only famous “private” alternative.
Remember when Google tried to bring remote “attestation” to PC web browsers? Everyone was horrified and they were forced to back down. Somehow when it happens to phones, people are slower to understand the danger — as if they’re not real computers, and naturally should belong to someone other than their nominal owners.
