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What are your guys thoughts on using Android? I really do prefer it to iOS, but the urge to de-Google has me seconding guessing my OS choice. I've thought about

What are your guys thoughts on using Android? I really do prefer it to iOS, but the urge to de-Google has me seconding guessing my OS choice. I've thought about using LineageOS or something, but from what I understand is many people do not like using it without Google Play services enabled.

japanoise 8y ago
I had the same thought. I guess it depends on what one actually uses the phone for. For me at the moment that makes me (somewhat) tied to the play store, since the keyboard app I use and several language learning apps are play-store only (not on f-droid)
- jumbopapa 8y ago
  What keyboard app are you using? I should probably quit using Gboard, but its been the best I've tried.
propogandist 8y ago
Look into microG, an open source play service alternative that's used alongside Lineage
- zamadatix 8y ago
  Looks like it doesn't really have much implemented and what is implemented is likely buggy or limited https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/wiki/Implementation-Status https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/wiki...
  - propogandist 8y ago
    core stuff should work - the goal is get off Google services, so you get bare minimum functionality.
anta40 8y ago
I still use Android, because... pretty much the only viable options for smartphone OSes are Android and iOS. There are plenty dozens of phones running Android: Samsung, LG, Xiaomi, Huawei, etc. And for iOS, well you only have iPhone. I'd like to see more competitors in the game though: Firefox OS, Tizen, Sailfish OS, etc etc. So far, only Librem 5 looks promising. Hopefully it can gain much commercial and dev support.
grumpy-cowboy 8y ago
I'm in the process to move Google and Facebook out of my life (to many privacy abuses). I now have my own email/domain (paid Fastmail account). This is a long process because I have my GMail email since the beginning of Gmail service. On the phone side, I'm waiting for my pre-ordered "Librem 5" phone to replace my Google Pixel.

japanoise 8y ago

I had the same thought. I guess it depends on what one actually uses the phone for. For me at the moment that makes me (somewhat) tied to the play store, since the keyboard app I use and several language learning apps are play-store only (not on f-droid)

jumbopapa 8y ago
What keyboard app are you using? I should probably quit using Gboard, but its been the best I've tried.

propogandist 8y ago

Look into microG, an open source play service alternative that's used alongside Lineage

zamadatix 8y ago
Looks like it doesn't really have much implemented and what is implemented is likely buggy or limited https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/wiki/Implementation-Status https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/wiki...
- propogandist 8y ago
  core stuff should work - the goal is get off Google services, so you get bare minimum functionality.

anta40 8y ago

I still use Android, because... pretty much the only viable options for smartphone OSes are Android and iOS. There are plenty dozens of phones running Android: Samsung, LG, Xiaomi, Huawei, etc. And for iOS, well you only have iPhone. I'd like to see more competitors in the game though: Firefox OS, Tizen, Sailfish OS, etc etc. So far, only Librem 5 looks promising. Hopefully it can gain much commercial and dev support.

grumpy-cowboy 8y ago

I'm in the process to move Google and Facebook out of my life (to many privacy abuses). I now have my own email/domain (paid Fastmail account). This is a long process because I have my GMail email since the beginning of Gmail service. On the phone side, I'm waiting for my pre-ordered "Librem 5" phone to replace my Google Pixel.