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> Google is positioning Gemini not just as an app, but as a OS level feature Eeewww. We need a mobile OS competitor. I am seriously considering a move to Fai

> Google is positioning Gemini not just as an app, but as a OS level feature Eeewww. We need a mobile OS competitor. I am seriously considering a move to Fairphone with /e/os. GrapheneOS would be a possibility, but I don't trust Google to make decent hardware, so not super excited to get a Pixel phone.

blablabla123 1y ago
I definitely had to tweak the settings a lot for the battery to not get warm on my Pixel. But after a week I managed and battery life is better than with comparable phones since the background bloat isn't there on Graphene. So far there was a solution for everything, I don't do online banking on the phone though. I wonder if LineageOS might solve this problem already though, /e/os probably would as well
- baobun 1y ago
  > I definitely had to tweak the settings a lot for the battery to not get warm on my Pixel. But after a week I managed and battery life is better than with comparable phones since the background bloat isn't there on Graphene. I am sure a detailed writeup will be very appreciated if you bother and manage.
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fsflover 1y ago
> We need a mobile OS competitor. Mobian, PureOS, postmarketOS exist.
- surgical_fire 1y ago
  Yes, I have an older phone running LineageOS for that matter. But those are typically community efforts, so software support is not certain. It sucks when so many things just expect you to have a working cell phone.
  - gessha 1y ago
    What company will jump in the competition meat grinder between Google and Apple. Maybe if it’s state-sponsored. I don’t know how much HarmonyOS/Huawei are state-sponsored so I can’t claim there are.
    - fsflover 1y ago
      > What company will jump in the competition meat grinder between Google and Apple Purism did. My Librem 5 works remarkably well given how small the company is.
      - surgical_fire 1y ago
        How do you deal with things such as mobile banking? So many services just presume you use either an Android or IOS. At some point I thought I really needed Android Auto, but I can probably just get a MStick only for that. There are other things that keep me jailed to Android though.
        fsflover 1y ago
        > How do you deal with things such as mobile banking One way is to have a spare Android phone sitting at home with no sim-card. Also many (not all) banking apps work with Waydroid. The best way is to switch your bank to one not forcing the duopoly on you.
    - yndoendo 1y ago
      One from Europe is the most likely contender. The disdain for USA corporations is growing abroad. Could even see Canada and Mexico moving to such entities when a solution is viable. I have been investing in possible startup organizations. We need it!
  - jazzyjackson 1y ago
    Punkt has a phonen using a fork of grapheneos out of switzerland with some cloud services like VPN attached to make it a completely degoogled 'secure phone', called ApostrophyOS https://mc02.punkt.ch/en/mc02-5g-secure-phone/ https://mc02.punkt.ch/en/mc02-5g-secure-phone/ https://www.apostrophy.ch/ https://www.apostrophy.ch/ Can't vouche for it, I just use a flip phone.

blablabla123 1y ago

I definitely had to tweak the settings a lot for the battery to not get warm on my Pixel. But after a week I managed and battery life is better than with comparable phones since the background bloat isn't there on Graphene. So far there was a solution for everything, I don't do online banking on the phone though. I wonder if LineageOS might solve this problem already though, /e/os probably would as well

baobun 1y ago
> I definitely had to tweak the settings a lot for the battery to not get warm on my Pixel. But after a week I managed and battery life is better than with comparable phones since the background bloat isn't there on Graphene. I am sure a detailed writeup will be very appreciated if you bother and manage.

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fsflover 1y ago

> We need a mobile OS competitor. Mobian, PureOS, postmarketOS exist.

surgical_fire 1y ago
Yes, I have an older phone running LineageOS for that matter. But those are typically community efforts, so software support is not certain. It sucks when so many things just expect you to have a working cell phone.
- gessha 1y ago
  What company will jump in the competition meat grinder between Google and Apple. Maybe if it’s state-sponsored. I don’t know how much HarmonyOS/Huawei are state-sponsored so I can’t claim there are.
  - fsflover 1y ago
    > What company will jump in the competition meat grinder between Google and Apple Purism did. My Librem 5 works remarkably well given how small the company is.
    - surgical_fire 1y ago
      How do you deal with things such as mobile banking? So many services just presume you use either an Android or IOS. At some point I thought I really needed Android Auto, but I can probably just get a MStick only for that. There are other things that keep me jailed to Android though.
      - fsflover 1y ago
        > How do you deal with things such as mobile banking One way is to have a spare Android phone sitting at home with no sim-card. Also many (not all) banking apps work with Waydroid. The best way is to switch your bank to one not forcing the duopoly on you.
  - yndoendo 1y ago
    One from Europe is the most likely contender. The disdain for USA corporations is growing abroad. Could even see Canada and Mexico moving to such entities when a solution is viable. I have been investing in possible startup organizations. We need it!
- jazzyjackson 1y ago
  Punkt has a phonen using a fork of grapheneos out of switzerland with some cloud services like VPN attached to make it a completely degoogled 'secure phone', called ApostrophyOS https://mc02.punkt.ch/en/mc02-5g-secure-phone/ https://mc02.punkt.ch/en/mc02-5g-secure-phone/ https://www.apostrophy.ch/ https://www.apostrophy.ch/ Can't vouche for it, I just use a flip phone.