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I am trying to take control of my digital footprint and not trust big tech with my privacy.

The big step is to #degoogle my life. In order to do that, ironically, I need to buy a google pixel๐Ÿ˜

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[โ€“] TheRecruiter@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

This is going to be my next step as well, after switching to Manjaro a couple months ago. Unsurprisingly, after years of using stuff like Google Photos, Play Services, etc , it is not as easy as just a click of a button, but it's definitely worth doing

[โ€“] lukx@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, using #grapheneos on my Pixel and I'm really happy with that, don't want any other Android OS

[โ€“] aradar1979@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What do you do for google pay? is there any alternative?

[โ€“] lukx@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

I don't use google pay, but hope to see any alternative in future

[โ€“] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there an non-google android auto equivalent? Same question for maps?

[โ€“] lukx@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Android Auto is only from google. For Google Maps you can use OpenStreetMaps

[โ€“] BeliefPropagator@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you going Graphene OS?

[โ€“] aradar1979@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yes, people keep suggesting it over lineageOS. That's why I am buying a used Pixel.

[โ€“] ratzki@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

LineageOS still uses many Google servers for location, time, etc. in underlying processes.

GrapheneOS have their own servers and are the only ROM to cut those ties to Google.

[โ€“] Teppichbrand@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

I'd like to try Graphene but older Pixel phones are end-of-life or not supported at all. So I again put LineageOS MicroG on my Pixel 3a and 4a. Those phones are super cheap and still great to daily drive. So no Graphene-experience for me, I guess.

[โ€“] dino@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

It's one of those life choices which I also regularly worry about. But the alternatives are almost not available.

[โ€“] Jetlord@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago

Calyxos does work but I do prefer grapheneos