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[โ€“] Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I miss fucking with my phone, but google wallet won't work with android forks sadly. Really sucks. Samsing bloatware annoys the crap out of me.

[โ€“] just_kitten@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've managed to get Google Wallet to work on my dusty ancient custom ROM surprisingly (and it was rooted too). I'm hoping I can get it to work with Lineage OS when I finally chuck it on. But let me try and get stock updated to something released this decade ๐Ÿ˜‚. I haven't considered a new phone and especially not a Samsung because bloatware shits me as well. And ads, I've had no ads system wide on my smartphone since 2012 and hope to keep it that way...

[โ€“] Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So you've been able to avoid ada using a custom rom? If so please guide me in your mysterious ways lol

[โ€“] just_kitten@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you mean ads - it was less a custom ROM and more the fact that it was rooted and I used AdAway.

However I've stuck to AdAway out of familiarity, there are numerous other options out there that don't need root, DNS66, AdAway and Blokada 5 appear to allow rootless system wide ad blocking using a local VPN although I don't know how that works in terms of battery life.

[โ€“] Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Awesome! Thank you for the info.

Have a wrong way round cat photo:

[โ€“] just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

๐Ÿ˜ป Gibson pics are always most welcome. What a cutie patootie

[โ€“] Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm glad you like them ๐Ÿ™‚ I'm sorry to be a pain, but is there a way to get them right side up using this site on a mobile browser?

[โ€“] just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

I have no idea, I think you need to edit the picture or something and then upload? Post in today's DT, I remember a few people worked it out a couple weeks ago