I think it would be a great experience for you. If you are super worried you could try on a used device or be open to switch back, as both iPhones and Pixels ahve decent reselling value.

You sound like you are not relying on the Apple ecosystem, so you shouldnt lose out as much as others with lots of other Apple devices/services.

Also GrapheneOS has been the best Android experience I had, because it taught me not tl rely on Google services, embracing FOSS alternatives and actually caring about hoe my phone works / what data my apps can access.

I think even in an anarchist utopia, people might accidentally create a hierarchical / police like institution to deal with particular issues. But your example sounds more like current day private investigators / investigative journalists, who occasionally get tasked by their community to do police investigator things. I wouldnt really call that a police force.

I think the more relevant thing to me would be, what additional information are they able to access, why are those actually stored in the first place, who can normally access those etc. Because that might actually be the thing that would be the actual target of bad actors and those that want to have power over others.

Edit: Ah yeah for me it passes the vibe check for something that anti authoritarians might implement to deal with a serial killer or something, especially after they abolished the police.

Also checkout !abolition@slrpnk.net for more posts around related topics

IIRC transformative justice involves the victims talking it out with the perpetrator, but here that would be a bit of a power imbalance. And one-on-one-ing with each one at a time from so many people would be, I think, tiring to the point of blocking catharsis.

Sorry but thats wrong, check out some sources regarding this. In short, transformative justice seeks to transform the conditions and people that were responsible for the transgression. One-on-oneing is not a necessary part of this (but coild still be done). Also in concrete situations support groups for the victims are a typical concept, thag allow them to keep agency and empowet them.

Larger scale transformative justice processes could draw inspiration from community accountability and as an concrete example from the reconciliation process that is ongoing after the Rwanda genocide.

I dont really want to change peoples minds about voting, but I can see how the community might attract especially those that want to do that.

To inspire action, I usually post in !inperson@slrpnk.net and all the anarchism & anarchism related communities.

Hey I am the moderator of !notvoting, so this might a bit biased:

I would like to know how you feel about the !notvoting@slrpnk.net community and if you think it has a place on slrpnk.net. This has also been a topic in the moderators chat on movim.srpnk.net for a bit.

Discussions around voting and US politics in general gets pretty heated. Even on slrpnk.net where I usually expect good faith exchanges, I had a few situations where the hostility was really noticeable. So please try to be understanding and kind to each other.

A few words about the community by me:

I made the community about not voting. That can include anti voting sentiments (I understand that as “voting is bad”), but also aims at those just not wanting to participate and those not able to participate. I can see how this distinction might not make sense for everybody, so feel free to ask for more clarification :)

I don’t want to create unnecessary divisions or drama on slrpnk.net or with other instances, so I am definitely fine with shutting !notvoting@slrpnk.net down if it constantly leads to that. I can see how !notvoting@slrpnk.net showing up on the local feed can be annoying to some and might result in people commenting on those posts to voice their discontent with the community. I appeal to you to focus on the positions and goals we have in common instead of the differences. Because I believe that will result in a way better experience on slrpnk.net for all of us.