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On my Android phone I have never signed into the Google app store, nor told Google my ID, and things work fine. I did this for better privacy and security. (I
by DamonHD 3y ago
On my Android phone I have never signed into the Google app store, nor told Google my ID, and things work fine. I did this for better privacy and security. (I sideloaded exactly one app: Signal.)
FWIW I occasionally play media content such as from YT, SoundCloud.
- bcye 3y agoInteresting, thanks for sharing. Does your bank offer alternative methods other than a smartphone app for TAN generation or how do you manage to not sideload banking apps? Do you use FOSS apps to consume SoundCloud/YT?
- DamonHD 3y agoI do banking from my laptop, which I consider much more secure, and authentication is with debit card and dongle.
- DamonHD 3y agoOn the other half of your question! - I consume content with the browser. (On the laptop I do my banking with the browser and would be very unwilling to run a native app without good reason.)
- coldtrait 3y agoHow do you manage syncing contacts and other stuff? Or just, access email?
- DamonHD 3y agoI don't want to write email on a teeny-tiny screen with a crappy virtual keyboard, so nothing of value lost there. Short messages (SMS, Signal) are fine. Syncing contacts has always been a mess right back to the Nokia Communicator bricks, so I largely do it manually either with a full export/import, or entering appropriate details manually on both laptop and phone.
- coldtrait 3y agoUnderstandable. Especially if you value privacy. Even though I'm selling my data to Google, managing all my contacts and calender dates has been been a breeze using Gmail and its suite of apps.
- DamonHD 3y agoI am happy doing most diary stuff across multiple calenday sources including Exchange and Google and local, though my macOS Calendar clients.