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[–] clearleaf@lemmy.ca 234 points 2 years ago (62 children)

For anyone who thinks they're "stuck" with chrome, Firefox has gotten it's shit together massively in the last few years.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 75 points 2 years ago (15 children)

Which is why Google's next step is to effectively require chromium browsers for any websites wanting access to Google services and products.

[–] rifugee@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

Sounds like a good reason to stop using Google services and products. Some examples (note, I haven't used some of these yet):

Search - DuckDuckGo

Email - ProtonMail

Drive - Dropbox

Sheets/Docs - Zoho

Some of these examples may not the best for everyone, but my point is that we do not have to let Google continue to push us around.

[–] geolaw@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can you suggest a replacement for Android?

[–] rifugee@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

These are built from the open source version of Android and do not have Google stuff:

  • LineageOS
  • GrapheneOS (can be installed on Pixels)

These are based on various flavors of Linux (Android is technically a flavor of Linux too):

  • PureOS (Librem 5 line by Purism)
  • Ubuntu Touch (support for lots of devices, but typically not the flagships)
  • Manjaro OS (on PinePhone by PINE64, an open source hardware community, which is the best way I can describe it)
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