Pay premium for a privacy focused browser? No.

I’d rather build my own browser from scratch. What fucking world do we live in?

Actually, I’d rather never browse the internet again.

No GOS doesn’t need 2 step authentication. PIN is enough.

Setting profiles is right on the drop down menu (or settings too).

Also depends on your privacy/security model. For instance if you just want pure and strong security, GOS recommends to use Google play with a dummy account to keep your apps up to date with latest patch.

If your model is you want privacy from Google but a bit less security then use aurora store in your main account (note that some apps and notifications might not work well), and then have your Google apps separate (i.e. for banking etc…) if needed in a separate profile from your main profile with Google play services activated.

So start with what your risk model is and then it becomes a bit clearer from there.

That’s true! But I believe that you still need an account and, of course, the play store collects some data about the device its installed on/installing apps on. Depends on peoples threat/privacy model if they want that or not.

Either way, a sad day for open source that aurora is being blocked.

It’s trying to close their system off further because there’s a lot more tracking that can be enabled if you use their official app

I don’t know man. Just checked a used Motorola RAZR from last year and it costs 600$, which is on par with the pixel price reduction. And I think the RAZR is one of the models that will have GOS

I’m a bit confused with your own words

People who are security-minded for the most part just want a device to handle daily tasks, etc. Not all the bells whistles of an expensive high-end phone.

Buying a used and old Pixel (as old as 7) will be an option for many years since GOS will continue to support.

My confusion is that you argue against flagship phone (and we’ll have to see how true the assumption is on cost and if it will even be flagship) while also saying that people won’t buy it anyways because they prefer the cheaper older used phones.

Edit: I do want to add, I’m not sure why people assume it will be only on a flagship model. Most forums mention that GOS would be applicable to 3 models: the Signature, Razr Fold and Razr Ultra models (all with varying costs and some comparable to the newest Pixel).

How would money be involved?

It’s not like GOS is in a position to force device manufacturers to open the bootloader and have strengthened hardware, let alone make phone prices accessible. The best they can do is kindly ask a manufacturer to do so and hope that they agree (which Motorola have technology-wise).

And if it’s a money issue for people, then buying the newest pixel phone is still not cheap (~1k+). And most privacy advocates recommend buying the phone used and with cash so it’s not associated with your bank details.

My solution is just a work around because it would be so much easier if Stremio did have separate accounts as part of it’s function, but we work with what we have.

1. It should unless your debrid service specifically restricts signing into multiple devices. Most just restrict multiple IPs

2. I’m not sure to be honest because I haven’t had to replace the default stremio discovery myself. I think someone else mentioned that you can. Or you could at least add a catalogue with pg-13 filters.

3. I haven’t done this before, but my understanding is, yes, it would give separate apps

I’m assuming that creating another account on the device itself (Chromecast, firestick, etc.) with another stremio account specifically for the kid is a bit more work than you’d like?

Poor kid. Seems he was just starting out and didn’t get into the weeds of OpSec.

He used a personal laptop with his personal information stored on it tied to an identifier. Not great OpSec. A hardware ID spoofer or a partitioned disk with different OS would’ve made wonders.