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Alternative Android ROM /e/OS goes to slop (jlai.lu)
submitted 4 days ago by to c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
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While I would normally give the /e/OS founder the benefit of the doubt, it looks like the AI nonsense has pushed him off deep end.

Over on Mastodon, Duval announced the release of a new version of ElixirOffice.

https://mastodon.social/@gael/117530501841058734

The project is 100% vibecoded with no human contributions. Just human supervision.

https://techhub.social/@daks/117554870613898127

I almost wrote that things "spiraled" but that is a loaded word. Duval defended himself.

https://mastodon.social/@gael/117558336561536469

Made a comment about "idiots":

https://mastodon.social/@gael/117565645599355671

(I guess idiots is people that don't like AI)

And told another user to "Go Fuck Themself":

https://mastodon.social/@gael/117565649289007656

Briefly, I considered a hacked account. But...

AI is the most powerful technology ever available for humanity and I wish the good people embrace it too. Not only the bad.

https://mastodon.social/@gael/117574052628223076

In his own words, he is living in a different world:

https://mastodon.social/@gael/117575223482294316

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[–] 28 points 4 days ago (1 child)

ffs. First proton, now this. Were running out of options.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

    It's also getting really tiring having to swap part of my stack every few weeks.

    At least for email I now have it with a custom domain and can more easily switch if that becomes necessary... Changing phone OS is always a pain, even with root&backup solutions.

    This one hurts especially, your customers are people that picked a phone for ethical reasons, they raise ethical concerns, you tell them to go fuck themselves... And I don't even know with all these things, maybe I could even grudgingly live with a product where they use LLMs "responsibly" or something, but then they always have to go off the rails with the emotional maturity of a 5 year old and how could I trust a company with such a person in charge...

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    • [–] 21 points 4 days ago

    Dude is in deep. I'm so glad I don't have /e/OS installed.

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    [–] 15 points 4 days ago

    Now I'm afraid of getting a phone with e/OS

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    [–] 14 points 4 days ago

    Sigh.. I only switched to e/os/ this year since Google was starting to lock me out of certain apps (I sideloaded basically everything since hell no I'm not using the google play store if I can avoid it). I missed that android encrypts your SD card unless you back it up to pc with a usb cable and lost all my files. I am very hesitant to switch again, but it certainly looks like I unfortunately am going to be forced to in the very near future.

    I really want to get off mr. Bones wild ride... :(

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    [–] 14 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    Well, I was already thinking about switching from /e/ to lineage, so I guess now I have a very good reason to get it done...

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  • [–] 12 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    Lineage OS accepts AI contributions, too. See their AI contribution policy.

    Alternatively, Nura (previously postmarketOS) does ban AI contributions

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago

    Well the thing is with Nura, it really doesn’t have any good software support unless you plan on using everything in a browser. It also doesn’t support Verizon and other carriers with IMEI whitelisting. Unfortunately it still has a long way to go until it’ll be an actually good and functional mobile operating system.

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    • [–] 12 points 4 days ago

    Glad my old Motorola with /e/OS is powered off in the drawer

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    [–] 9 points 4 days ago

    The Mailings tab is back: write a letter, load a CSV list, preview each recipient and export DOCX or PDF (merged or one per recipient), offline. (It shipped in 0.5 but didn't appear)

    It... "shipped but didn't appear". Great.

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    [–] 8 points 3 days ago

    later he says:

    Interesting experience with the anti-AI zealots today. Do they really think there can still be a world without AI? 🤔
    Their proposal: either you are using AI and therefore you are a fascist. Or you never use AI, never ever.
    My proposal: let's make AI better.

    https://mastodon.social/@gael/117577271270407804

    Clearly he wasn't taking any criticism seriously.

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    [–] 1 point 1 day ago

    In the end, the real tools were the "AI" boosters and simps we made a long the way...

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