How do you get around the requirement to run the official app somewhere?

I run a WhatsApp and signal bridge, but not recommend running the official app on a phone

I know… Even with this information, I can confirm that my friend and I are both in the EU

I’m afraid I and my friend are both in the EU. Chinese companies will and do find ways…

I think this is pretty standard for Chinese companies. My friend works for one, and she doesn’t get sick days. They must come out of her holiday allowance.

She gets treated better than her Chinese counterparts, though. For Chinese public holidays, they get the day off, but are then expected to give it back to the company at the weekend

Not sure if this could work, but did you try using a VPN to log in from an EU country?

Honestly don’t know how the GDPR might affect this, but might be worth a try

Can you share where to find the android app? I can’t see it in the play store or fdroid

Off topic, but what is the original source of the meme?

Same. Hasnt let me down. Super thorough, and makes adding/removing anything a breeze

That sounds like a good thing.

I must admit that I can’t think of any examples of this ever being a problem though. It might also be because I’m just so used to crappy software breaking things that I’ve just come to accept it as normal

Given other comments in this thread and the reactions I’ve seen on mastodon, people are freaking out, but I just don’t understand why. Can someone more intelligent please take the time to ELI5?

Not to mention that classing it as an action movie is a stretch

I’m using .home and have not had any issues. Would you mind sharing what problems you’ve come across so I know what to expect?

Definitely an american thing. I always find it annoying when I travel there. Also, bringing the bill with desert. Let me finish my meal first before giving me hints to get the fuck out

I found that some websites just don’t work in mull, so it’s a tough sell to anyone who isn’t big on privacy

I use this and it’s been completely flawless from day one. The documentation is up there with the best I’ve seen, and the matrix room always has someone willing to help explain further

https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy

I did. The local files have GPS data visible in the phone’s gallery app, but the same file in immich doesn’t have it

Over a week at this point

Done. Link here for anyone in the future who might come across this issue https://github.com/immich-app/immich/issues/11280

I’m on 1.108

Couldn’t find anything obvious in the settings either

I did, but couldn’t find anything