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step one should be removing google from your phone (android or otherwise) and limiting reliance on all their services.
by propogandist 9y ago
step one should be removing google from your phone (android or otherwise) and limiting reliance on all their services.
- thom_nic 9y agoHow would you remove Android from an Android phone?
- sangnoir 9y agoAndroid =/= Google: you can easily have an android phone with zero Google services if you choose a phone supported by one of many AOSP-based OSes.
- 0xcde4c3db 9y agoEven with stock Android you can skip setting up a Google account, turn on "Unknown Sources", and direct-download an alternative app store like F-Droid. It probably still feeds them telemetry, but you're not locked in to any of their cloud services.
- propogandist 9y agoGoogle services and apps are constantly phoning back to HQ, the important part is getting that off your device...just like most other apps, facebook included.
- Fnoord 9y agoLineageOS with microG [1], microG in general, or installing another port of an OS such as Ubuntu Touch or SailfishOS. The Fairphone [2] can run any of these OSes, without unlocking the bootloader and without rooting the phone. [1] https://lineage.microg.org https://lineage.microg.org [2] https://www.fairphone.com https://www.fairphone.com