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Nice thought, but what would be the alternatives for Android, Gmail, GMaps ?
by pelario 8y ago
Nice thought, but what would be the alternatives for Android, Gmail, GMaps ?
- 2RTZZSro 8y agoAlternative for Android? puri.sm phone. DIY rpi phone. Gmail? Fastmail. GMaps? OpenStreetMaps/OsmAnd
- taneq 8y agoLineageOS is pretty good, I've been using it since the Cyanogen/Lineage split.
- chatmasta 8y agoA DIY RPI phone? Is that a serious suggestion? Is anyone actually doing this? And what’s the point if the baseband is not open?
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- r3bl 8y agoPurism phone still doesn't exist. You can't buy it. It annoys the fuck out of me when someone says that a phone that still doesn't exist and isn't available for purchase is mentioned as an "alternative". It will become an alternative once it's out. Until such time comes, stop mentioning it when discussing alternatives.
- sterlind 8y agoFor example, my setup: Gmail: any email service Android: root it, use a custom launcher and utility apps. GMaps: Waze (lets you provide your own speech samples, even) You don't have to secede from these whole platforms - just extend around them and reach into them.
- samstave 8y agoPffft You’re examples: Google Google Google. Your examples are all fucking google.
- golergka 8y agoSo? These are still different products, even if they happen to be acquired by the same company.
- sterlind 8y agoCould you explain how "any email service" means Google? Is ProtonMail a Google service? OP's question was about how power users can keep UX control while services degrade their features to cater to average users. That's what I care about, not ideological purity in my software stack. People like you are the tech equivalents of the militant vegan.