Hacker News: dethos

New comment by dethos in "Dutch 'idealist' bank ASN blocks non-Google Android, including GrapheneOS"

dethos — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:27:19 +0000

This is a result of the duopoly. You abdicate too much responsibility to the platform because it is easier for you. It ends up in a spiral of more lock-in to the platform and more power to its owners.

We need at least a third option [1].

[1] https://blog.ovalerio.net/archives/3359

New comment by dethos in "Proton's CEO Cancels AI 'Re-Interviews'"

dethos — Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:14:14 +0000

Outside the security conscious crowd and the digital sovereignty crowd, they don't stand a chance.

He seems to no longer understand that, and he might run a decent business to the ground with his delusions.

New comment by dethos in "French national assembly votes 0.055€/GB internet tax"

dethos — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 21:09:58 +0000

Portugal has a similar law. As ridiculous as it gets.

New comment by dethos in "Your Phone Is About to Stop Being Yours: 70 Days Until Lockdown"

dethos — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:45:26 +0000

SailfishOS, Ubuntu Touch, and Nura seem to be good contenders. One of them must become a real alternative to the duopoly.

New comment by dethos in "AOSP Source Releases Are So Late Developers Disassemble Libraries to Report Bugs"

dethos — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:00:54 +0000

We need a third option. Be it SalfishOS, Ubuntu Touch, Nura, or whatever picks up with a sizable community. We just need to start developing and investing in that one. It won't be perfect, but it will offer an alternative and control to the users.

New comment by dethos in "Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without releasing to the AOSP"

dethos — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:50:01 +0000

I've been saying that for a while. We need a viable third option.

But it is not easy, and it takes a huge amount of effort. As others have said, theres SailfishOS, Ubuntu Touch, PostmarketOS and a few others.

I'm not sure which one is in a better position to become that third alternative we need, but this year I'm experimenting with all of them on different devices, to try to understand where they stand.

"posted from an Ubuntu Touch mobile device"

New comment by dethos in "Debian votes to allow "responsible use of generative AI""

dethos — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 23:29:47 +0000

It seems a very reasonable outcome. I'm glad extremes didn't prevail.

New comment by dethos in "HTTPX2 – A next-generation HTTP client for Python"

dethos — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 20:30:38 +0000

HTTPX2 isn't a great name for a fork (or at all). Just leads to more confusion.

Nevertheless, I'm curious about the pros and cons when comparing with "niquests".

New comment by dethos in "Kagi added a setting for removing paywalled links from search results"

dethos — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:42:46 +0000

This is actually an excellent idea. Well done.

New comment by dethos in "OpenRouter is joining Stripe"

dethos — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:16:49 +0000

Some other comments suggested https://cortecs.ai/. I never tested it, but from a brief look, it does seem a viable alternative.

New comment by dethos in "OpenRouter is joining Stripe"

dethos — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:02:31 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion.

New comment by dethos in "Devices with GrapheneOS support should be available in 2027"

dethos — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:32:57 +0000

Yes, there's SailfishOS, there's Ubuntu Touch, and a couple more. It would be nice if one of them could gain traction so people can have a third choice.

New comment by dethos in "Devices with GrapheneOS support should be available in 2027"

dethos — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:29:56 +0000

> Graphene lets you run them.

It seems not all of them, and that things will only get worse if recent news comes true.

New comment by dethos in "Qwen3.8 27B scores 52 on Artificial Analysis"

dethos — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:20:35 +0000

I'm impressed with the score. This is a model that runs on a good, but still regular, desktop PC.

New comment by dethos in "Docker Sandboxes – Disposable, isolated sandboxes for AI agents"

dethos — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:25:11 +0000

The other day I saw this: https://nono.sh/

Haven't tested it yet, but it seems to address the same issue as Docker Sandboxes, but in a different way.

New comment by dethos in "I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux"

dethos — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:54:28 +0000

I'm not completely switching yet, but I'm also exploring SailfishOS and Ubuntu Touch to see how far they will allow me to go. We really need at least a third viable option; it is clear that only having Google's Android and Apple's iOS is not benefiting the individual user.

New comment by dethos in "I'd not buy a LG monitor"

dethos — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:58:12 +0000

I'm in the same boat. Given many of the other brands do this as well, what options do we have for monitors and TVs?

In fact, what I really want is just a display. They can keep their “smart” stuff; I'm not interested.

New comment by dethos in "Ask HN: Is it just me, or is software buggier across the board?"

dethos — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:37:32 +0000

That would be a nice one.

New comment by dethos in "Winamp Skin Museum"

dethos — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 19:12:13 +0000

So many memories. We definitely lost something along the way.

New comment by dethos in "Ford rehires 350 engineers after AI fails to preserve expertise or train juniors"

dethos — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:10:56 +0000

That's the interesting question. Are expert engineers willing to go back after being treated that way or knowing what happened to others?