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Most of us grow up thinking that the things we buy and store online are ours. Games, apps, files, even the email addresses tied to our names. But big tech companies like Microsoft remind us that nothing in their ecosystem really belongs to us. Recently, Microsoft suspended my Outlook account. They claimed that my OneDrive contained “child porn.”  Let me be clear: I download adult videos from the open web. I am not a pedophile. Yet Microsoft’s algorithms, terms of service, and opaque enforcement systems flagged my content as illegal, locked me out of my account, and informed me that I cannot appeal for six months. When you use Microsoft services, you’re not really buying a product; you’re renting access. Their terms give them permission to scan files on your computer, in your cloud storage, and across your account. The moment something doesn’t fit their rules, they can revoke everything: your email, your purchased games, even the apps you’ve paid for. Microsoft’s policy is blun...

Lineage os 20 for pixel 6/pro/6a [unofficial]

A free and open-source operating system for various devices, based on the Android mobile platform.

Prerequisites

Unlocked bootloader 

Run fastboot flashing unlock in fastboot

Note this will trigger a factory reset on the device 

Latest android 13 firmware 


Common sense

Download 







There will be five files;

boot
vendor_boot
Lineage os 20 rom zip file
GApps zip file 
Magisk zip file

Its best to zip the magisk apk before installation. Use your favourite file explorer to rename the extension 

Start a command prompt. I use windows terminal 

.\adb devices 

.\adb reboot bootloader

.\fastboot flash --slot all boot "path to boot.img" 

.\fastboot flash --slot all vendor_boot "path to vendor_boot.img"

.\fastboot reboot recovery 

Format data 

Apply Update > Apply from ADB

.\adb sideload "path to rom zip file"

Advanced > reboot to recovery 

Apply Update > Apply from ADB

.\adb sideload "path to GApps zip"

Advanced > reboot to recovery

.\adb sideload "path to magisk zip' 

.\reboot system now 



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