Quite surprised with the amount of pushback.
Am I missing something, or having a Pixel phone - that functions as a phone - like a super weird, fringe thing to do that nobody does??
Yes, triangu-packet-network-IMEI-shmification = bad. Got it. Couldn't agree more. It's terrible. I know. So what now? Is that something average GOS user can opt out of? So how does one send an E2EE message when not at home? Or is that not a thing people do? What am I not getting? I would love to never again need to access cell network in any capacity.
Is that the same 'dry water' as suggesting to a friend he's a moron for using Proton email? Yes, SMTP-DNS-IMAP-port465-jargon-jargon-jargon = bad. Yes, email is an ancient, fundamentally insecure protocol. It's terrible. Got it. Yes Proton won't do a thing if you send a regular message to a Gmail address. So what now? Do we just all give up? Sign up for Hotmail after sending photos of all our IDs to Microsoft? Like, really?
How is that an excuse to not consider an option to attempt to protect - even if marginally - your privacy against an onslaught taking place at every step now?
Some may have MInt or other non-KYC options available to you. Not everyone is so lucky. Having a service that one can aquire over TOR, without presenting any ID or even so much as an email address, that is paid for by Monero and provides reasonably priced roaming (which means one has choice of networks to select from) could be a valuable option to some. It appears that way to me, regardless.
Is it an ideal proposition? Absolutely not. Is it yet another tool a person may use to further help insulate oneself against "their" disregard for privacy? Possibly.
Dry-water and what-am-I-missing comments were rather poorly thought out and counterproductive. I decided I will give SL a try and will not be further sharing my experience here, as instead of constructive/helpful comments I walk away feeling just plain stupid.