Allowing tech giants to monopolize all of our communications was a mistake that was always going to lead to this. What alternatives do we have? There’s grapheneOS, but even that is placing too much trust in Google’s proprietary aspects of the hardware. I wish non-android linux phones were at a usable state.
I’m so close to ditching android and smart phones entirely in favour of a dumb Nokia and maybe a mini tablet for when I need the power.
Be aware that “everything” is probably untrue, though. Most of the custom ROMs still have a lot of Google stuff that is hard to replace / get rid of even with MicroG etc. (e. g. Captive Portal Check still phones home to Google servers on Calyx OS - if not deactivated in settings). Graphene (only on Pixel Phones 👌) probably comes closest. For detailed analysis check:
https://www.kuketz-blog.de/android-grapheneos-calyxos-und-co-unter-der-lupe-custom-roms-teil1/
Allowing tech giants to monopolize all of our communications was a mistake that was always going to lead to this. What alternatives do we have? There’s grapheneOS, but even that is placing too much trust in Google’s proprietary aspects of the hardware. I wish non-android linux phones were at a usable state.
I’m so close to ditching android and smart phones entirely in favour of a dumb Nokia and maybe a mini tablet for when I need the power.
Fairphone + degoogled rom is the best bet until linux phones can be daily drivers
You can, on certain devices, install /e/os/ and deGoogle everything.
There’s a new market for preinstalled devices popping up, too: https://cybernews.com/gadgets/murena-degoogled-pixel-tablet-launch
Be aware that “everything” is probably untrue, though. Most of the custom ROMs still have a lot of Google stuff that is hard to replace / get rid of even with MicroG etc. (e. g. Captive Portal Check still phones home to Google servers on Calyx OS - if not deactivated in settings). Graphene (only on Pixel Phones 👌) probably comes closest. For detailed analysis check: https://www.kuketz-blog.de/android-grapheneos-calyxos-und-co-unter-der-lupe-custom-roms-teil1/
(in German, use (Firefox?) translation if needed)