Spoontaneous Consumption

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Will like but won't share pictures without alt description. Ich favorisiere aber teile keine Bilder ohne Bildbeschreibung.

I'll probably mute you if you (re)post memes filling my timeline with authoritarians. Don't give fascists screen estate! You can't ridicule them away.

Werde dich vermutlich stummschalten wenn du Bilder von Autoritären (re)trötest. Gebt Faschos keinen Bildschirmplatz! Man kann sie nicht weglächeln.

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2026-10-14 21:11:44 UTC

Thinking abour a vacuum robot to collect doggo's hair. Recommendations welcome :)
If you've seen it in action, is it...
#dogsofmastodon

2026-10-11 17:43:53 UTC

Help me, @npub1n7k…7g0f you're my only hope
May I ask you a lockpicking question?

2026-09-11 18:07:10 UTC

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*keeps refreshing the app store*

2026-06-23 13:12:24 UTC

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I disagree

2025-06-05 05:24:07 UTC

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Findet ihr Betteln ist was womit man besser nichts zu tun hat?

2025-01-29 15:58:34 UTC

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Accrescent is not bundled, correct. It's only offered for installation in the GrapheneOS App Store as one of ten available apps.
Saying that it's "not true" that the bundled app standards aren't published omits my "for what I found". I've really looked but couldn't find something definite. As you say, it's not bundled, so I'll correct myself: Are there published privacy and security standards for Apps that are published in the GrapheneOS app store?
Could you please point me in the right direction for this? If you know that these standards are defined, why not point me to them? I'd actually be willing to argue your case but you don't seem to realize that.
I'll give up after asking this one last time.
@npub1pde…vh98 @npub14rl…kvrq @npub19gv…kadq

2025-01-29 15:31:01 UTC

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You didn't read my post entirely, I think. I'm really trying to understand and not take sides before I understand.
I had to add the quotation marks because it's a quote and it was the central point of argument here.
I continue to agree that the argument made by the Accrescent dev is sound even if I still disagree with it.
The privacy standards that Accrescent applies to apps are unfortunately not published or published in a clear way (e.g. when would tracking be problematic?). But that is not a GrapheneOS issue itself.
GrapheneOS on the other hand doesn't publicly define standards for bundled apps at all, for what I found. And I wonder if you (person who runs the account) could point me somewhere useful. It is a pity that it's like this but doesn't mean the choice of adding Accrescent is inherently wrong. However, pointing out how much worse F-Droid or others is no basis for a reason. Why include an App Store at all?
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2025-01-29 14:59:50 UTC

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Ok, from what I collect, the reasoning is that tracking is "subjective", which means here that connecting to Google, Facebook etc. doesn't necessarily qualify as (harmful?) tracking. Furthermore it says that blocklisting individual libraries or URLs is not in the development scope. I can respect that but I also understand it's controversial.
There is a policy issue in the Meta repo for Accrescent here that takes this into account and tries to find some middle-ground (I think): https://github.com/accrescent/meta/issues/40
The line of reasoning works for me even if I tend to disagree. Seems that GrapheneOS is more or less aligned with this. I think it's a justified position (agree with it or not) but I think it would be beneficial to have some easy to find explanation (e.g. in the FAQ) that goes beyond saying 'Accrescent is privacy and security oriented' or 'better than F-Droid'.
There are some social media posts, one also mentions that Accrescent comes from within GrapheneOS. This way the choice makes more sense to me. But it's not very obvious on first use of GrapheneOS and the posts aren't too easy to find.
Posting this before checking if there are any new replies since my last post.
@npub1pde…vh98 @npub14rl…kvrq @npub19gv…kadq

2025-01-29 12:29:42 UTC

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P.S.: I've found this closed issue on the Accrescent github and it's very verbose on how Accrescent decides about user tracking.
I don't know if this reasoning extends to GrapheneOS but I'll share for completenes' sake:
https://github.com/accrescent/accrescent/issues/637
@npub1pde…vh98 @npub14rl…kvrq @npub19gv…kadq

2025-01-29 11:56:54 UTC

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Hi, thanks four your summary and the pointer to the wireguard dev comment. I'll certainly follow up on this to better gauge the extent to which I'll trust F-Droid from here on out.
I've re-read my question and I've put the emphasis too much on the absence of F-Droid. I actually wouldn't have expected it to be part of GrapheneOS in the first place because it's easy to install for anyone who's capable of installing Graphene.
However, I was stumped to see Accrescent offered prominently because it does offer apps with privacy-invasive tracking and doesn't (and has no ability to) warn users about this. Considering the low number of apps in Accrescent, this is even more surprising because they probably know details about every single app in there. The Accrescent publication requirements do not regulate online-tracking at all. While I do understand your issues with F-Droid, I still don't understand how Accrescent deserves this favored place on GrapheneOS. I don't mean to challenge your decision but I'd like to understand how it came to be.
And yes, the Play Store is also offered but that has technical reasons beyond privacy. Anyone who cares the least bit will know that it's to be used cautiously. And it doesn't explain the reasons for why Accrescent is being favored beyond promising that privacy is important to them. Google would say the same, so do the F-Droid devs.
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2025-01-27 13:46:42 UTC

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I'm very new to grapheneos and I was surprised to find accrescent and not fdroid as an installable option.
I performed some web searches (not very extensive) and found no reason for this choice (yet).
Especially with #qlango containing so many trackers (see OP) - could you elaborate your point a bit more? Why is #Accrescent favored by #GrapheneOS by offering it as an installable app and how is this privacy focused?
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2024-12-07 21:45:48 UTC

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Around me I see a big push for the even worse "flexdesk" approach which is an open office minus having your own spot - you have to take a new one every day.
It's usually combined with a flexible home office policy as an answer to a lack of workspaces overall.
When it's being discussed I regulary bring up that it heavily impacts my work efficiency in a bad way when I have to readjust to new acoustic / lighting / communication conditions.
I'll make a sticker from this, thanks!

2024-09-11 11:13:14 UTC

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Oh and the one rule to rule them all: No rules.
Someone somewhere once wrote an angry post about ADHD and described something they called scorched earth effect (or similar) in regard to self-organizing methods. Once one currently functional method fails and everything crumbles, it just can't be reinstated.
I feel the same about sleep-tricks. When they lose their effect, I drop them and trust I'll find something else.

2024-09-11 11:05:32 UTC

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Aaaand: While counting sheep sucks for me, imagining tiles that count in binary does wonders for me. Getting past 127 is very uncomfortable but that's often when I doze off anyway.
Sometimes realizing that brings me right back but then I can count again :) Also, counting backwards from 100 or 1000 (in decimal) calms me down.
When all this fails it's still lights on and Steam Deck on the countryside time, though.
It's also very justified to call in a sick day when brain won't sleep.

2024-09-11 11:02:11 UTC

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These days, I have someone I trust sleeping next to me, which makes it much easier to stay in bed and remaining calm (don't want to wake them up). Only when my brain starts a real party (like your crabs), I get up. Usually there is some hyperfocus going on then.
But I was told that lying down with your eyes closed has a very similar effect to sleeping, knowing which alleviated the pressure to sleep for me a bit.

2024-09-11 10:59:56 UTC

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Ok, don't know if that helps you but maybe there's something in it for you :)
I used to suffer from this immensely for years, now it's become less frequent for unknown reasons (may be related to meds as well).
One thing that helped me very early on was acknowledging the end of my sleep and getting up, turning on lights and doing something nice. Apparently sleep is a bit like a countryside bus that passes every 90 minutes or so and when I miss it, I might as well enjoy the view.

2024-09-11 08:50:12 UTC

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Argh that is terrible :(
Let me know if you want my infodump on how I deal with it. Don't want to bother you with unsolicited advice :blobpeek:

2024-09-11 08:47:40 UTC

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I've learned that Vyvanse/Elvanse has this effect on more than one person. Always after taking it for the first day in a row. I know it well. Subsequent days are better.