I think a FOSS project remaining sustainable.
Hi, "somebody" here o/
Do you need the SIM card inside the phone after registration?
WDYM by "uncompressed"? A truly uncompressed 4K HDR movie needs about 6Gbit/s of goodput. A 2.5Gbit/s link won't be enough for that.
I have never used it but https://selfprivacy.org/ looks pretty interesting. The way it supposedly works is that their app sets up a VPS for you in a guided manner. They set up the services you want (i.e. Nextcloud and Bitwarden) and configure things like backups and HTTPS for you.
The technical foundations are sound (NixOS) and they're funded in part by NLnet.
They Might be worth trying out if you want control over your data but don't want the responsibility of setting up and maintaining your services while still ultimately being in control of everything.
Kagi does not request location permission; it uses network location (IP geo lookup).
They use approximate network location for such requests, yes.
"chinese food" didn't trigger it for me which is understandable since it's a generic term, not a request to show chinese food restaurants near you but "chinese food near me" does show restaurants in my approximate vicinity as expected aswell as localised search results for tripadvisor.
In their privacy policy they claim that that's explicitly the only time they use data that could be considered sensitive in a search request.
Just not looking forward to when they sell to venture capatilists down the line, and everything becomes terrible.
Judging by their ethos so far, I don't think that's a goal. I'd almost say it's a non-goal.
And also, like, their partnership with one of the most immoral companies on this planet drive most of the search results quality from the very beginning (Google). You didn't sign up for a morally perfect search engine.
When people made such a huge fuss about the CEO of some minor index that Kagi also happens to use beside like 10 others being a douche, all I could do is shake my head.
And how much time you want to put into not getting scammed.
Owning one of those can come in handy anyways.
Don't bother with this person. All I've seen them do is read the post's title and produce an (often inappropriate) reaction to said title. Peak Redditor.