Notices by Gaël Duval - /e/OS & Murena (gael@mastodon.social)

Do we need Google? no
Do we need Microsoft? no
Do we need Facebook? no

We had an Internet and Web life before them and it was great.

The whole situation with big techs today is totally artificial. It is a market incident. An historical singularity that won't last.

There is no better time in the year to donate to e Foundation! 🎁

Your donation helps keep /e/OS growing sustainably — the truly pro-privacy mobile operating system built for everyone. 🔒🌱

Meanwhile, I wish you all a Happy Holiday Season! ✨🎄

https://e.foundation/donate-2/

@e_mydata @murena

🚨 This is clearly pro-Big Techs. This is NOT the good direction for EU competitiveness and fair competition in tech.

Don't let the US big techs dictate EU regulation!

@vonderleyen @EUCommission

https://www.theverge.com/news/823750/european-union-ai-act-gdpr-changes

@Gargron hey Eugen, what you have done with Mastodon is awesome. So thank you a lot for this achievement. Sometimes things are not easy as a founder, especially when it grows fast, but you definitely deserve recognition. I think many of us in the open source, privacy and other communities owe you a big THANK YOU for creating a "social media" that is fully independent from the big techs, and with fair values by design. Good luck with your future projects!

This little thing has run Linux for a few years in my twenties. That was my first Linux PC.
It's really crazy to think that it was much much much less powerful than any modern processor, even in low-end smartphones...

And here it is! 🌍☀️

Already available at https://murena.com

To Murena Fairphone users, did you know? 🤔

You can easily enable the Fairphone camera on your /e/OS launcher! 📷

Go to: Settings->Apps->Fairphone Camera + restart

And enjoy a better camera experience and picture quality! 🖼️

@Fairphone @murena @e_mydata

Interested in contact-less payments with Murena smartphones and /e/OS? 🪙📱

We have found some interesting solutions that make Google Pay useless.

Read my latest blog post! 👇👇👇
https://gaelduval.com/practical-payment-solutions-for-murena-and-e-os-users/

@MediaActivist @GrapheneOS This is a toxic community lead by a super toxic guy who is into permanent destruction. We just want to have nothing to do with them. We have different product goals anyhow so no problem (we are not into any competition with them)

@glynmoody Shame shame shame

Given the current context, I am afraid we have to become much more radical.

@ploum Ce n'est pas le comportement attendu, merci de rapporter ce bug avec des details sur notre gitlab ou sur community

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Chromium as a whole could one day move out of Google entirely and into an independent foundation, and while that's not happening now, it's another step toward larger organization outside of the web's dominant browser and advertising provider.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/google-meta-microsoft-and-opera-agree-on-something-supporting-chromium/

@m5b4txi4u @e_mydata @manojnair @murena We're working on opening some countries in Asia.

With the Mobifree project (mobifree.org), e Foundation @e_mydata has raised 4.4M€ from the European Union to fuel Open Source projects accross the EU! 👊

This will help the development of more human FOSS software in the mobile area, like microG, DeltaChat, F-Droid, /e/OS...
@microg @delta @fdroid
@ngi

Learn more about this endeavor at https://e.foundation/ngi-mobifree-project-raises-4-4-million-eurosfor-open-source-projects-development/

@eff Or a mobile OS with a faking-location toggle, such as /e/OS

💗 Great article about @murena @Fairphone 5 at @osnews ! 📰 📱

"I found /e/OS to be immensely impressive, and it highlighted for me that it’s definitely possible to have a smartphone that’s not tied to either Google or Apple."

"Leaving big tech behind: Murena’s /e/OS on the Fairphone 5"
https://www.osnews.com/story/141189/leaving-big-tech-behind-murenas-e-os-on-the-fairphone-5/

Privacy shouldn't mean luxury!
Here is the Murena CMF Phone 1!

CMF by nothing with /e/OS @e_mydata

With a special price this week...

Great to see that /e/OS install parties have reached Argentina! 🇦🇷

https://community.e.foundation/t/e-os-workshop-and-install-party-in-argentina/63287

@dazo @vaurora @murena Not super fan of this kind of comment "let's see if @gael or @murena wakes up" - do you think we are on hols?