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I guess it depends on how you view your phone. Is it your phone or is it Googles phone that they can update with whatever software and settings they want to.
by some_account 8y ago
I guess it depends on how you view your phone. Is it your phone or is it Googles phone that they can update with whatever software and settings they want to.
The same debate is around Windows 10. Some people are fine with Microsoft getting a stream of privacy data from them. Others feel it's their device, not Microsofts.
- sandov 8y agoIt's your phone, and you voluntarily allowed Google to control it. I didn't want Google to control my phone, so I installed LineageOS.
- some_account 8y agoSame here. No issues, works great.
- _emacsomancer_ 8y agoWithout GApps?
- muxator 8y agoWithout gapps the phone is faster, and drains less battery. If you mainly use a browser (Firefox, hopefully) and some messaging & mapping apps, works great. If you want to use other apps, you'll have to do more testing.
- _emacsomancer_ 8y agoRight. I know, and I run my device this way. But my point was just installing Lineage by itself doesn't free you from Google's clutches if you install GApps anyway.
- ForHackernews 8y agohttps://microg.org/ https://microg.org/
- _emacsomancer_ 8y agomicroG is indeed very cool. (though some apps stopped working with it in the past couple of months).
- sandov 8y agoWithout GApps.
- clear_dg 8y agoBut you are one of the few tech-savvy enough to have alternatives. What about everyone else?
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoI'm also a happy LineageOS user, but it's not like they don't have a track record of this kind of thing either: https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/04/05/dont-freak-lineageos-bad-late-april-fools-joke-latest-builds/ https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/04/05/dont-freak-lineageo...
- Dylan16807 8y agoThat wasn't initiated remotely, so I don't understand how it's "this kind of thing".
- pritambaral 8y ago1. Wasn't remotely initiated. 2. Was announced beforehand, not snuck in. 3. Is open-source.