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Just so you know, your Pixel also has a bunch of binary blobs that track you. Google Play services track nearly everything on the device with system level acce
by ViViDboarder 6y ago
Just so you know, your Pixel also has a bunch of binary blobs that track you.
Google Play services track nearly everything on the device with system level access.
I switched to an iPhone a few years ago to get further from Google, but the crap with the App Store is getting so out of hand now. My next device will probably be a Pine Phone.
- HJain13 6y agoIf you really want to, atleast on a pixel phone you could unlock your bootloader and put 3rd part open source OS like Graphene OS, Lineage OS or Heck even an AOSP rom
- ViViDboarder 6y agoThat’s what I did before my iPhone. Most apps that work with self-hosted services kinda suck. The AOSP mail and calendar apps haven’t been refreshed in years since Google changed the default to Gmail and Google Calendar. On iOS I get a nice email client and calendar that is integrated complete with on device AI that finds events in my inbox and adds them to the calendar so I don’t forget. There’s a bunch of neat little things like that you get on Android if you use Google, but you can get on iOS with any server backend. I hope Apple opens up a bit because there really needs to be serious competition in this space.
- monkeyshelli 6y ago> My next device will probably be a Pine Phone. As a long time iPhone user I'm on the same boat. I do hope there will be a somewhat beta level Pine Phone soon. I'm already thinking should I get my old Nokia n900 from the storage box and start using that. Not comfortable with Androids and the latest Apple actions are making me feel a bit unsure on the direction they are taking.
- tpxl 6y agoThere is a beta level pine phone :) The calls/texts, bluetooth and wifi all work.