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as much as I am eager to see open source mobile OS succeed, tracking happens at the app level. What happens when I install the FB app on a Purism enabled devic
by africanboy 6y ago
as much as I am eager to see open source mobile OS succeed, tracking happens at the app level.
What happens when I install the FB app on a Purism enabled device?
My way to go until now has been installing as many OSS apps on my smartphone as possible, to the point that even the keyboard and the launcher on my smartphone are installed through f-droid.
That's the main reason why I prefer Android phones over Apple ones.
- robotbikes 6y agoI don't think Facebook is likely to release a Linux based app. If they did it would likely be electron style. There also lots of Facebook apps that wrap the mobile website inside of a stand-alone "app" available on F-Droid. I also wonder what type of permissions API even exist that would allow you to view contacts as an app inside of Purism. Maybe Gnome has something kind of API already for apps to access built-in contents but this far there hasnt been a lot of proprietary software released for Linux that embeds spyware because of the low # of users and increased difficulty and general lack of distribution platform. But Purism is also really far away from being a viable platform for non-techies at this point.