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I wish the steps were this straightforward for my android phone.
by karn09 11y ago
I wish the steps were this straightforward for my android phone.
- thescrewdriver 11y agoThe ironic part is that people have just become accustomed to (or ignorant of) the way data is gathered from your average Android phone. Everyone is upset about Win10, but little attention is given to Android and the associated ecosystem of apps.
- reddit_clone 11y agoNot quite. I do expect more respect for my privacy from my computer OS than I expect from my smart phone OS. My personal computer holds way more sensitive and important information than my smartphone.
- thescrewdriver 11y agoThat won't be true for everyone. Why should we just accept less privacy?
- dublinben 11y agoThey are: 1. Install an AOSP ROM without the proprietary Google Apps or Google Play Services. 2. Install the F-Droid market to download whatever programs you like. 3. Enjoy using an Android phone without the anti-privacy Google tracking.
- Aldo_MX 11y agoYour point 1. is like saying 1. Turn off every Windows feature mentioned in this article. Installing an AOSP ROM is an order of magnitude harder than disabling the privacy-concerning settings in Windows considering that you probably would need to extract (or write your own) drivers from the vendor-customized ROM.
- howeyc 11y agoExactly, you don't even need to configure an account/email with an online service to use your phone if you go this route.
- thescrewdriver 11y agoUnfortunately 90% of useful apps aren't on F-Droid.
- dublinben 11y agoThat's just your opinion. 90% of the apps in Google play are junk that don't respect user rights or privacy. I'm perfectly content using only the apps available in F-Droid, and have been for years.
- anonbanker 11y agomy android phone has one play store app (Timely). The rest is software from F-Droid. my phone is my business lifeline.
- krisdol 11y agoStep 1: Uninstall everything related to Google. Step 2: ??? Step 3: Profit