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I used Android for this reason for many years and I still think Apple's model poses an extremely serious threat to the freedom of the internet. But as Google's
by cageface 7y ago
I used Android for this reason for many years and I still think Apple's model poses an extremely serious threat to the freedom of the internet.
But as Google's data mining practices have become increasingly invasive I've also become a lot less enthusiastic about using Android phones. I suppose I should probably run one of the stripped down Android variants that removes all that tracking but I also need a reliable phone that doesn't require hours of fiddling.
- qwerty456127 7y agoIndeed I use an open-source stripped down Android variant. It only required an hour of fiddling one time (to learn how to, flash it and set everything up the way you do on a new phone), works as breeze since then.
- dvdbloc 7y agoOn which phone if you don’t mind me asking. My experience has been on several phones that doing this is rather buggy and just a big headache.
- thekyle 7y agoI use Lineage OS with microG on my OnePlus 3. It works just as well as Oxygen OS (which shipped with the phone). Minor and major upgrades both happen in place so no need to ever reinstall. However, major version upgrades do require you to flash an image from the Lineage website.
- RealStickman 7y agoIt probably easiest to look for a phone that supports lineageos and install its fork, lineageos for microg on your phone. That way you can continue to use apps like WhatsApp that require Google Play.
- snaky 7y agoLineage for MicroG also provides "F-Droid Privileged Extension", which allows F-Droid to install and update apps without the need of user interaction or the unsafe "Unknown sources" option. https://lineage.microg.org/#faq https://lineage.microg.org/#faq
- voltagex_ 7y agoAs of either Android 8 or 9, you can set F-Droid to be able to install apps - i.e. the "unknown sources" option is scoped.
- zaarn 7y agoIt still requires user confirmation before install, autonomous updates are still not possible.
- richardwhiuk 7y agoBecause F-Droid is a paradigm of how to run a good app store.
- Drdrdrq 7y agoI can't tell - is this sarcasm? If yes, what is wrong with it?
- thekyle 7y agoLast I checked WhatsApp worked fine without Google Play Services.