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It's your phone, and you voluntarily allowed Google to control it. I didn't want Google to control my phone, so I installed LineageOS.
by sandov 8y ago
It'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.