Would love that, but it’s a hard task, since telemetry is baked into Android OS, not to mention in almost all apps in the Play Store.

You can use Briar, BitChat, or Bridgefy to communicate, without having internet connections. I’ve only tried Briar, which works with cell networks, wifi, also bluetooth.

here you go >> https://archive.ph/WtSlJ

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I’ve tried it on PipePipe, and the results are the same. I don’t think you’ll find it, because there are no comparison videos without AI slop.

I would, but it’s not possible since I don’t have millions of dollars in my savings account.

it might work just don’t delete your github account, since they have another baclup.

Just keep it and do a few commits a year at least to make sure your code can’t be used.

Just accept that it’s bad and go somewhere else;

before leaving github, it is better for them to ensure that their code on github cannot be used to train AI.

from the comments of the article that got the most upvotes

Embrace, Extend, Extinguish

Microsoft’s Copilot push isn’t strategy, it’s the old embrace, extend, extinguish play dressed up in “AI” robes. GitHub was acquired to embrace developers. Copilot is the extend phase: saturating every workflow with unasked-for AI noise, from issues to pull requests to editors. The extinguish part is already visible - trust in GitHub is collapsing, and the very maintainers who underpin Microsoft’s ecosystem are moving to other platforms.

On earnings calls, this is presented as “momentum”. In reality, it’s forced adoption: a hostile takeover of developer experience. When customers explicitly ask for an off switch and leadership ignores them, that’s not innovation - it’s managerial negligence. Any competent operator knows that coercion isn’t growth, it’s decay.

GitHub’s competitive advantage was never a Copilot sidebar, it was trust and network effects. Those are finite assets, and they’re being burned for vanity metrics. The result? A platform that once symbolised collaboration now feels like adware, and developers - the same ones whose code powers Azure and every Microsoft AI demo - are signalling they’re done.

Shareholders should be asking a simple question: what is the long-term value of poisoning the well you drink from? Copilot may inflate short-term KPIs, but the cost is strategic: erosion of goodwill, flight of open-source projects, and reputational damage that no amount of AI rebranding can fix.

I agree with the first paragraph, this is just another M$ EEE. Utilizing source codes on github to train their AI to be smarter in coding. So they can promote vibe coding to people with a little or no experience in coding.

The biggest problem is that M$ has had upperhand in big corpos and governments for a long time, Active Directory is their weapon.

In large companies and governments, these kinds of decisions are made by IT Directors and Politicians and often they are just average users who are not tech savvy.

I have some Linux installed on my x240, Mini PC, and 12th Gen Intel Core i3 laptop with ZRAM without any issues.

Here are screenshots of the dual boot Linux on my old Mini PC, Celeron with 8GB RAM and 500GB HDD

of course, you don’t want M$ Copilot digging into your porn history, do you?

I don’t think they going to stop now. They even forced users to create Windows accounts in order to use Windows 11. They will also force Copilot to be installed on Windows 11.

Did we ever ask M$ for this AI spy tool? No.

That’s one of the reasons I use Linux as my daily driver. I’m not playing high end games, I only play old windows games from my childhood.

In my opinion, EU needs to force PC/laptop and other hardware manufacturers to provide drivers for Linux. Without this step, it will make it harder for them to move away from M$ Windows.

We gonna fork him into isekai world!

yep, in several countries including where I live. Several government institutions and state-owned companies have been using M$ Azure since 2 years ago.

I have several options here : OrangePI, used Android TV box, mini PC, thin-client and laptop.

currently just installed dual boot Linux on my old mini PC (Celeron 1007U, 8GB RAM, 512GB HDD)

just happened, a few days ago I installed dual boot of EndeavourOS and OpenMandriva replacing Windows 7, on my potato mini PC. (Celeron 1007U, 8GB RAM, 512GB HDD)