When I read this this morning, I had concerns, but then I did some research. The SDKs source is fully available for all to look at and compile. The main issue that people bring up is the license that states:
3.3 You may not use this SDK to develop applications for use with software other
than Bitwarden (including non-compatible implementations of Bitwarden) or to
develop another SDK.
This part seems to be what most people take issue with, as it makes the sdk no longer modifiable, yet a requirement of the core source itself. The head of BitWarden has come out and stated the SDK being required to compile BitWarden was a mistake, however, and if this proves to be true (which I have no reason to doubt) then I see no reason why any of this is an issue.
From a security standpoint, since the SDK is source available, it can be audited by anyone still (and compiled) so personally, I'm fine with this.
By any chance, have you ever played Spec Ops: The Line? I feel you'd enjoy it.
Yep, it is both. Highly recommend this amazing video from Eddie Burbank about it, very entertaining. https://youtu.be/KN63DDD9Y04?si=q6gE98LszfcPzBvy
I used AI to summarize the different Google products and services listed in the video along with their suggested alternatives and timestamps. AI is pretty cool sometimes.
| Google Product/Service | Recommended Alternatives | Timestamp |
|---|---|---|
| Google Chrome | Firefox, Brave, Arc, Ungoogled Chromium | 94-326 |
| Google Search | Startpage, Ecosia, DuckDuckGo, Brave Search, Kagi | 328-493 |
| Gmail | Tutanota, ProtonMail | 534-671 |
| Google Photos | Ente, Stingle | 674-794 |
| Google DNS | Quad9, NextDNS, Cloudflare | 827-1074 |
| Google Analytics | Not covered in this video, to be discussed in part 2 | N/A |
| Google Maps | To be covered in part 2 | N/A |
| Google Ad Services | To be covered in part 2 | N/A |
| Google Drive | To be covered in part 2 | N/A |
| YouTube | To be covered in part 2 | N/A |
TIL you can make links to settings by long-pressing them. That's actually awesome as hell.
I went through a lot of humidifiers for this exact issue until I landed on this guy. https://a.co/d/d9KsgV5
It's not perfect, but it fit nearly all of my needs (which you listed above). It uses Tyua, so it's not local UNLESS you set it up with LocalTyua like I did. The only major downside is, it beeps every time you have it do something via home assistant. If you're crafty, you could probably remove the speaker, but I haven't bothered (yet).
