Why does it have the Huawei services SDK inside of it?

They are not supposed to be but Sisvel claims they are.

Theora is an old and very inefficient codec. VP8, VP9, and now AV1 have succeeded it.

You just have to connect your phone to the same Wi-Fi network as the TV, then press the cast button in an app and select the TV from the list.

Because Chromecast is a Google service, you must log into a Google account on the TV for it to work, however apps only mode hides the home screen ads and myactivity.google.com lets you disable the tracking.

SailfishOS is heavily closed source and Jolla used to be linked to Russia with Rostelecom owning 60%+ of it.

Yes it does.

By any brand which lets you use HDMI devices without connecting to Wi-Fi. TCLs have better specs than most for the price and they have a Basic TV mode which doesn’t need internet.

However, their Google TV mode is still good as it lets you disable the ads on the home screen with apps-only mode and it supports sideloading of SmartTube (an ad free YouTube app) and free movie apps.

Ditch the Roku and get a Google TV box. You can sideload SmartTube on it which is an open source and ad free client.

The main devs have moved to Morphe now and Revanced is mostly just merging in Morphe code in broken ways.

Worldcoin requires you to use their Orb device to sign up, and you can buy a verified account for $20.

I have a Samsung S24+ and the Moto Signature is better value.

The screen has a higher brightness, smaller bezels, higher PWM frequency and much higher brightness. It also has 90W charging and a flatter speaker response with more bass and midrange. All of those are compared to my phone, not your much older Note 9.

The GrapheneOS models are coming out next year, though they say it will be top of the range phones first. Whether that includes any below the Signature I don’t know.

Do all of your banks have websites?

Because they don’t meet the security requirements. The solution for affordability is a used or refurbished Pixel.

https://grapheneos.org/faq#future-devices

The Motorola Signature looks like a good device so its successor should be too.

>Palestine TV says the Israeli soldiers burned the child’s leg with a cigarette, pricked him and inserted a nail to his leg.

Palestinian propaganda channels are not trustworthy. I would not believe this without a better source.

Systemd is open source so it can be forked to have features removed.

Other ROMs are usually very bad at security with many being late to secuity updates, not supporting bootloader relocking, and not using the secure element. I would not trust them in the hands of someone who isn’t tech savvy or is at high risk of hackers.

That is all true, however it seems like a slippery slope to me.

To stop scams, it would instead be a good idea to block app installation (of ANY apps including in the Play Store) when the screen is being monitored or a call is active.

Then when sideloading apps, grey out the install button for 3 seconds to hopefully pull the user out of any mindless flow state a scammer has put them in.

The solution is GrapheneOS. You can install it on Google Pixels today, and Motorola is going to release some devices with official support for it in 2027.

They don’t take such a job because they want to.