maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish · 4 days agoAustralia sneakily declares itself a republic via sms text messageaussie.zoneimagemessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down110
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minus-squareImWaitingForRetconslinkfedilinkarrow-up32·4 days agoNo need to take it so seriously, it’s a shitpost. The actual message said Critical AusAlert, not Presidential Alert.
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoThe settings at least on GrapheneOS (though I doubt it would be different on other aosp-like android versions) do say Presidential alerts.
minus-squareImWaitingForRetconslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoI wonder if it does that because it classifies it as a Presidential Alert since it’s targeted to US users and thus didn’t have way of designating it as a Critical AusAlert instead?
No need to take it so seriously, it’s a shitpost. The actual message said Critical AusAlert, not Presidential Alert.
Ah, that explains it, thank you!
The settings at least on GrapheneOS (though I doubt it would be different on other aosp-like android versions) do say Presidential alerts.
I wonder if it does that because it classifies it as a Presidential Alert since it’s targeted to US users and thus didn’t have way of designating it as a Critical AusAlert instead?