• Brad Boimler@startrek.website
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    7 days ago

    Glad I use GrapheneOS and don’t use any Google apps or services anymore it’s amazing how I no longer get spam calls and texts since the switch.

    • Pringles@lemm.ee
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      6 days ago

      Don’t you have issues with banking apps then? It’s the one thing holding me back from switching, but I haven’t really done a deep dive in it.

      • Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works
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        7 days ago

        Same but I think it will soon not be enough. I still cant believe it’s now so difficult to not be a google product, this is a digital nightmare built by decades of unregulated capitalism. Kiss my ass GAFAM.

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          5 days ago

          I mean, nothing is forcing anyone to use any specific product, and there are certainly smartphones with neither Android or iOS.

          Personally, at some point I will switch from iPhone to an Android device that can work with something independent like /e/ or one of the other decent ones.

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        7 days ago

        De-googling is not enough, there must be nothing to de-Google from the start.

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          5 days ago

          That’s one approach but far more limited than just using a Google-free Android build like Lineage.

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                4 days ago

                Different threat models have different necessities. I believe a regular user should avoid Google ( or rather all of GAFAMBATX) connections at all costs. I think everybody (me included, of course) is better off with a dumbphone than a Degoogled phone.

                It’s obvious we have different opinions, I respect your right to run any system as you want. I don’t think I have any more to contribute to this topic.

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                  4 days ago

                  Yeah I’m not really disagreeing with you it’s just I don’t run anything that’s as privacy-necessary as you. My actual phone is iPhone and all the Android stuff I experiment with are lab systems for tinkering, rom mod testing etc. If I had anything that was being used for any really private or sensitive data, hell yes I would use something completely detached from anything google.