@realcaseyrollins @shibaprasad

It is really disheartening - there is so much ignorance, intolerance and hatred being spewed out under the blanket of 'free speech'.

I stealth visited some sites in the periphery of a large right wing organization, and was dismayed by what you can read in their publicly viewable feeds.

They are empowering a lot of bad things. The bad example is even coming from the top, with some current politicians in power being astoundingly creepy, corrupt and borderline criminals.

Their underlings shut up and don't comment or oppose, since the man in top has support and votes that keeps their party alive, and for now, in power.

Big Tech situation, which Casey mentioned, is another huge bunch of issues.

Corporations that use all kinds of legally allowed tricks to keep their profits untaxed (Apple, Amazon). Others that spy in every service they provide their users for free (Google).

Android being so closely tied to Google is a huge concern. Thankfully there's sometimes an option - some models can take alternative ROMs like the ones developed by LineageOS (formerly called CyanogenMod).

https://www.lineageos.org/

If you install their rom, you have a choice of using an image *without* the google android frameorks. Which means too you are giving up on usign their Gapps, mail, etc.

These can be accessed via browser, and apps can be picked up at F-Droid and other alternative android app stores.

I have CyanogenMod installed and running on my HP Touchpad, along with its original WebOS (a wonderful operating system, way ahead in its time and design, compared to the two major ones now).