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> Except /e/OS then throws that out the window

I checked your link, I don't see the connectivity check listed there. Can you please elaborate?

> And /e/OS is still 224 days behind Chromium updates

Did I mention anything at all about Chromium updates? Or is it just to add a link to your website?



> check listed there

/e/OS changes the connectivity check from Google to their own server, great, but then it still connects to Google services via microG. So why bother changing the connectivity check?

> Chromium updates

Your comment was recommending an operating system that is actively harmful to its users by falling behind basic security updates that every single other OS has done.

edit: aside from that, what are your thoughts on their upcoming license key system for OTAs that give users a persistent identifier? https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/android_packages_apps_Updat...


> but then it still connects to Google services via microG.

So you actually do agree that /e/OS changes the connectivity check, don't you?

> Your comment was recommending an operating system

Not at all. My comment was mentioning that at least some custom ROMs I know do remove the connectivity check, which is the topic of that post ("Changing the Android captive portal page").

In that particular post, I did not recommend /e/OS, I just stated a fact. But if it's about recommendation, I would recommend against DivestOS, because the author is really toxic. That may be harmful to users, too.




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