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Ask HN: Smart phone without Google?
Would like an option of a cell phone without Google in order to protect my privacy. Require text capability and national coverage in USA. Does such a product exist? Thanks.
- mikro2nd 8y agoNot yet AFAIK (but I'm not in the US, so maybe there're things I don't know). Look at the Purism 5, slated for delivery Jan 2019 -- if I had the cash I'd have pre-ordered one already. Choice of PureOS (Debian derivative) a Touch-KDE version thereof or Ubuntu Touch. Hardware kill switches for microphones and cameras. I think it's the first time I've ever seen a phone (admittedly still technically vapourware) that I actually would /like/ to acquire. eta: Upon re-read I sound like a shill for Purism. I have nothing whatever to do with them, but their products do appeal to the inner tin-foil-hatter in me.