The experience of using a degoogled phone, both from the AOSP and Linux side of things.
I had to update to description since people kept thinking that I made the video.
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For those new to the process, the best general resource for instructions on how to unlock your phone’s bootloader and flash alternate AOSP ROM’s or non-Android OS’s is https://xdaforums.com/ Please note that not all carriers and oem’s allow you to unlock the bootloader though, so choose your device carefully for this.
You will also most likely need a PC (desktop or laptop) with adb & fastboot on it. These are apps used in the terminal, but you only need to copy and paste a few commands into them to use it.
If you have a Google Pixel then best option is Graphene - https://grapheneos.org/
For other devices you can use a “degoogled” Android ROM and get apps from the open source F-Droid app store - https://f-droid.org/ Some choices for this are: Lineage - https://lineageos.org/ crDroid - https://crdroid.net/ /e/os - https://e.foundation/e-os/ Iode - https://iode.tech/iodeos/
OR use a a true alternative mobile OS. Options for this are: Ubuntu Touch - https://www.ubuntu-touch.io/ Sailfish OS - https://sailfishos.org/ Mobian - https://mobian-project.org/ Postmarket OS - https://postmarketos.org/ Plasma Mobile - https://plasma-mobile.org/ Droidian - https://droidian.org/
You can also purchase devices with alternative OS’s already preinstalled from: Volla - https://volla.online/en/devices/ Jolla - https://jolla.com/ Fairphone - https://fairphone.com/ Murena - https://murena.com/ Furilabs - https://furilabs.com/ Brax - https://www.braxtech.net/
you have not answered the video title question. the answer is not yes, the answer is HOW.
- also lineage gapps is not treated as system apps. you can disable them in the app list.
- you havent talked about the endless struggle of spoofing
- you havent talked about eos being just a glorified and outdated microg lineage
- you havent talked about where people can ask about their ticket, banking, gov app compatibility, cause this is the most important thing.
- ypu did not talk about debloat without changing from stock, using custom dns stuff
sorry, but this is even far from the tip of the iceberg. also why would you put black logos in front of a black background…
How:
- Get a pixel (or soon a Motorola)
- Install GrapheneOS
- Everything just works
- Profit
paypal doesn’t work.
Google wallet doesn’t work
Google wallet is not something a “deGoogled” phone needs to worry about
I don’t use PayPal much, but is there anything about it you can’t just do in a web browser?
OK now I’m even more sold on getting GrapheneOS.
Haven’t tried Google wallet, but why should PayPal not work? I’m paying in my browser anyway
Haven’t used PayPal much in the last…phew…2? years, but as I’m ordering in a browser and then get to PayPal or usually just done credit card screen, I didn’t had any problems - besides PayPal changing rules like underwear and I’m a bit fed up with it
The app won’t let you log in. Come to think of it, Same with the Wells Fargo app
Never used the PayPal app
And never needed it for any paymentCan’t you do this all just by browser?
I have GrapheneOS. It is sandboxed.
Why is a pixel able to ‘de google’? Is, possibly, the hardware designed to do the snooping despite the OS? 🤔 Work harder to degoogle older phones!
If you have evidencefor this claim I would love to read it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyirQOCUUK8
2:36
Though not necessarily access the OS data if the OS somehow manages to encrypt the data
Great video to introduce new folks into the topic!
8:58 lemmy spotted.
