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Cake day: August 22nd, 2023

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  • While you can setup a second profile to put the Google services into, I don’t recommend it.

    The version of Google Services on GrapheneOS thinks it has root, but it does not.

    So there’s no dramatic need to setup a second profile, unless you want it for other reasons.

    I personally think the second profile feature is one of the things people think they want/need from GrapheneOS, but really are happier without.

    (Sure it’s safer, but GrapheneOS is already so much better than other mobile OSes - and I hate to see someone quit GrapheneOS just because they didn’t like the optional profiles.)

    An exception I have seen is for apps mandated for a job. I’m happy to bury that stuff deep.









  • Where do you get books for the Kindle if not at Amazon?

    • BAEN sells eBooks directly.
    • Libby has various options to check out eBooks from local libraries.
    • Project Gutenberg has free and DRM free eBooks for most books in the public domain. A huge number of classics are available this way.

    When I look for a specific book, I usually find that simply searching for "BOOK NAME purchase DRM free” results in plenty of results.

    Sadly, I find it dramatically easier to find a free DRM free copy of most eBooks than to find somewhere to legally purchase a paid licensed DRM-free copy.

    As a flawless upstanding citizen, I never partake of such amazing convenience, myself, of course.