r/PrivacyGuides • u/freddyym team • 5d ago
News DivestOS will not receive any further updates
https://divestos.org/pages/news#end21
u/banerxus 4d ago
Oh god nooo, mull has been my daily driver browser for years, now what? Are there any good Firefox based alternatives?
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u/0neM0reLight 4d ago
Sadly none. fennec is the closest but it barely is updated on time.
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u/ThumpingVTwin88 4d ago edited 4d ago
Isnt the DivestOS developer the maintainer of Fennec too? So what happens to that browser as well now?
Edit: He is.
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u/ZeZapasta 5d ago
But why???
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u/diffident55 5d ago
https://infosec.exchange/@divested/113703391528026769
tl;dr: It's been 10 years, time to move on.
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u/DukeThorion 4d ago
I completely understand, a decade is a long time to commit for probably no real reward.
At the same time, its a kick in the groin when you rely on these apps.
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u/DukeThorion 4d ago
It can happen to anything.
Self-hosted is still an app, program, or code put together by someone else.
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u/Hong-Kwong 5d ago
Great project and apps. Is there a recommended replacement for the Mulch Android Web view?
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u/DerGemeineAutist 4d ago
For someone having a Pixel 3A, what is the next best thing? Tried also Droidian and UbuntuTouch, but want another Android custom ROM.
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u/dexter2011412 4d ago
But why tho? I couldn't find anything about why they're shutting down the entire project. Sad day
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u/diffident55 4d ago
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u/dexter2011412 4d ago
That's fair. I guess I assumed/hoped a new BDFL would be appointed to carry the project.
Wish him the best!
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u/n1ght_w1ng08 4d ago
OMG 😳, I've been using Mulch for a long time. Now I've to find alternatives 😢. All of their apps are actually great 😃, they did a great job.
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u/electricalkitten 4d ago edited 3d ago
DivestOS was excellent work.
We did some work and you relied on it. Now we decided to piss off and do something else. We don't need to give a reason /edited."
This they did not say this, but it came across this way.
Is any better communication possible?
Why not upload everything onto a repository in case, heaven forbid somebody else might want to carry on your work? Why not? Do you think that nobody else could do as good as a job as you? Maybe. Maybe not. Plenty would love to carry on the baton of such a marvellous piece of work.
Or did somebody threaten you?
//Edit: The source is available: My mistake. https://github.com/divested-mobile
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u/Jolly-Natural-220 3d ago
Maybe you should be more grateful for 10 years of work that you got for free. The author has full rights to not support it anymore. We are entitled to nothing as users.
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u/electricalkitten 3d ago
I was wrong. The source looks available.
I hope the repo stays online, and that they do not block access
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u/patopansir 3d ago edited 3d ago
We did some work and you relied on it. Now we decided to piss off and do something else. We don't need to give a reason, because you are beneath us.
I see nothing wrong with that quote, it's accurate. Even the "you are beneath us" part, because you should always take care of yourself before you take care of everybody else. If you don't, you can't do anything.
I don't feel like they ever promised anything or like they have a responsability to keep everything up to date, that responsability would be there if their lack of updates could put your devices in danger. I am not worried about a vulnerability being found in any of the apps, because I believe there's still plenty of time to transition away from DivestOS apps before something like that is found. If the concern is with the OS itself, I can hardly be upset when the standard is already below what's ideal. Samsung and other Android distros already end support way too soon, like I get if you don't feel my way but consider feeling my way because it gets very tiring to feel dissapointed at setting the standards to what's ideal rather than what's actually happening.
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u/throwaway2849582928 5d ago
Well, that sucks. Mull is a really good privacy browser.