I think some still feel some level of guilt about it and naturally, whether consciously or subconsciously, rationalize it with ideas like this. I guess the progression from that is posting about it to show that “yes I pirate, but I’m not a bad person because rationalization”.

Why? Privacy issues? Security issues? I’ve been using it for a couple of years now and not had any trouble with it.

You retain no memories of anything that happened during a time stop. If you go back in time, everyone else remembers things normally, but you forgot that period of time completely.

Wow, I wasn’t aware of the Google stuff. Can’t say it’s terribly surprising though. Have you used any of the Proton suite? I’ve been considering switching to them from Gmail and OneDrive.

Out of curiosity, how far apart would you say LineageOS and iOS are in terms of privacy?

I actually tried Graphene on my Pixel 7. To be honest, it gave up a bit too much for me. While I’d call myself an enthusiast, I generally want my phone to function without too much fuss or hassle. It was a pain trying to get different apps and notifications working properly in GrapheneOS, and I used Android Auto/CarPlay on a daily basis. It’s a great project, just not for me. I also got rid of the Pixel 7 as I was having non-OS related issues with it. As for the desktop/laptop, I actually just installed Nobara yesterday, as my win11 install decided to grenade itself. I’m definitely considering keeping it permanently, but time will tell as I game on my PC, and obviously that can be a bit difficult (though it’s getting easier with Proton and other supporting software).

This seemed more or less inevitable as soon as consoles switched to SSD. Heck, the PS5 (and maybe Series X?) SSDs were faster than what the average joe gamer was using when they came out. In any case, I think it makes sense. If we want higher and higher quality textures, gotta have the bandwidth to support it.