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[โ€“] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 47 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

The way Google is actively on the war path against deGoogled ROMs and sideloading lately, I expect to have to install some sort of mobile Linux OS on my Fairphone at some point to do my regular smartphoning while preserving my privacy, while having to buy an ultra-cheap, small smartphone on the side with vanilla Google spyware just for my banking apps. In other words, carry two cellphones for nothing. Because Google.

I guess now that fascism rules the land, Google isn't worried about being getting broken up for being a monopoly anymore. That emboldens then to finally do what they've always wanted to do: lock down the Android ecosystem.

Fuck Google.

[โ€“] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I'm thinking the same thing but really not sure which Linux OS is going to be best in terms of day to day use.

I'm thinking it will probably be between Postmarket and Lineage but do you have any opinions / insight on the subject?

[โ€“] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 7 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I'm tempted to try Ubuntu Touch. But I want to buy a second-hand Fairphone 4 to try it on, and other OSes possibly - because I don't want to waste the CalyxOS install that's running fine on mine right now - and I haven't found a good second-hand one yet.

Yeh fair enough, I was thinking of doing exactly the same thing and trying using each one out for a couple of weeks at a time to see which one works best / has the least amount of problems for me to then use going forward.

[โ€“] Sunshine@piefed.ca 1 points 5 hours ago

having to buy an ultra-cheap, small smartphone on the side with vanilla Google spyware just for my banking apps.

Definitely would want one that has long software support.