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"avoid using Google's services" implies using an Android build that doesn't include Google Play Services, which means you're probably going to have to download
by kcorbitt 10y ago
"avoid using Google's services" implies using an Android build that doesn't include Google Play Services, which means you're probably going to have to download and flash it yourself. If you're willing and able to do that, you can probably handle using Linux on your desktop, which is the analogous alternative on the PC.
- lucideer 10y ago... or even something as simple as blocking MS IP ranges and domains, which should be far simpler than rooting an Android phone.
- milcron 10y agoCopperheadOS sells preflashed phones.
- dandelion_lover 10y agoAs well as Tehnoetic [0]. But unfortunately those phones are not very usable. [0] https://tehnoetic.com/tehnoetic-s3-phone-replicant https://tehnoetic.com/tehnoetic-s3-phone-replicant
- dingaling 10y agoI agree entirely, and I'm not happy with the current state of the smartphone landscape, but I was trying to illustrate the difference between 'user hostility' in Android, for example, and downright 'user evasion' in Win 10. Not that I think Android is on a good trajectory in terms of user control, but hopefully alternatives such as Sailfish gain traction.
- dTal 10y agoJust because you can handle it doesn't mean you want to, instead of lazily paying a company to worry about it for you. Of course, OSX is the more popular choice for that set. I wonder why...
- ionised 10y agoIf you're a PC gamer you're pretty much stuck with Windows. Linux and WINE have made great strides over the last few years but it's still nowhere close to becoming a full replacement.