/e/OS - e Foundation - deGoogled unGoogled smartphone operating systems and online services - your data is your data
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ECOSYSTEMKEY FEATURESGET /E/OSNEED HELP /e/OS is a complete, fully “deGoogled”, mobile ecosystem /e/OS is an open-source mobile operating system paired with carefully selected applications. They form a privacy-enabled internal system for your smartphone. And it’s not just claims: open-source means auditable privacy. /e/OS has received academic recognition from researchers at…

When i was considerong buying a fairphone, fairphones with e/os came up and wondered if it was a good option for privacy.

I do not like pixels, and would love nothing to do with that phone. I prefer my one plus and if i can keep that still have my privacy, that would be nice.

E/os can be put on different android phones my one plus included.

  • SoulKaribou@lemmy.ml
    4·
    5 days ago

    It’s been my daily driver on oneplus 6T for the past 2 years and it does the job (of a smartphone).

    It’s using the microG services to provide play store apps.

    It has fake location, "hide IP address " (VPN), and block app trackers with stats.

    The OS updates once a month and requires a reboot.

    It has an aurora-like app store to download Google play store apps. I also have fdroid on mine cause I’ve found some updates were lagging in the past.

    Overall it’s a good compromise between full google and privacy, it can be cranked up on privacy by disabling microG if that’s your thing.

    Some bloat cannot be removed like the notes/gallery apps and whatnot. I’m not a fan of the bliss launcher either, but I got used to it.

    The thing that irritates me the most is that some of my apps cannot be added on any wall screen. Like Unciv, subsurface and some other games that I had in grouped apps have been wiped onr day and I can only find them through searching for them, or in the list of apps.

    Hope that helps

    • pandorabox@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      One plus gang unite🙌

      That sounds good. Thanks so much❤️

      Searching for apps sounds annoying. I guess a small price to pay for privacy🤣

    • Smee@poeng.link
      1·
      5 days ago

      Default apps can be removed but requires hooking up the phone to a computer through ADB. and zapping them one by one.

    • Undertaker@feddit.org
      0·
      4 days ago

      Updates are not every month like exactly the last version proofs. Unfortunately delayed security updates are the major issue when using /e/

      • pandorabox@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        1·
        4 days ago

        I have a question about secruity updates: what is going on that we need our phone updated every 1 to 2 months? Im tech illerate and im tired of updating my phone. And everytime its updated, it works 100 percent worse. So i never update my phone. I know there is secruity concerns but is there that many ways to hack into a phone? I just really want to know