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You don’t own the phone. Right now you’re only able to have a phone that’s not completely user-hostile because one big company (Apple) currently uses privacy as
by Nextgrid 4y ago
You don’t own the phone. Right now you’re only able to have a phone that’s not completely user-hostile because one big company (Apple) currently uses privacy as a selling point.
In Android-land the only way to regain control mostly relies on security vulnerabilities.
You can’t really build your own either; most apps (including for government services) require either iOS or Android (with Google Play services) and neither can be licensed.
You can’t build your own clients either - copyright law has successfully been used to sue developers of third-party clients despite displaying content the user is authorized to view (and can view in the official client).
- gspencley 4y agoThe government services apps concerns me. Other than that, I opt out. I'm currently using GrapheneOS which is a security and privacy hardened open-source Android fork and I only install FOSS apps using f-droid. Ideally I'd like to live a completely smart-phone-free life but I have to admit there are some conveniences that are hard to live without. I only write this because I don't quite agree with you that you can't regain control of your phone presently. Though if governments start to force you to use their apps then society is in trouble. I hope that activists can shut that down, even if it's just on the basis that a minority of the population doesn't / can't own smart phones. Edited to fix typo