@RL_Dane huh I can't vote from the phone app lol... but anyways
I use GrapheneOS, I think everything works & there is sandboxed Google Play if I need it. This is a very subjective opinion but this is the only custom OS I have successfully used so... 😂
@RL_Dane I... use very few mobile apps, so at the moment none of them uses Gapps
But yeah, GrapheneOS has specifically designed a sandboxed Google Play to deal with those nonsense. Should be safe enough
For me at least the biggest issue is actually downloading the apps in the first place: getting Aurora Store to work properly is a pain, and I don't want to use the official Google Play app
My Pixel 7 is only $450 right now, the same price as the 7a (they're clearing out old stock).
You can get a couple year old pixel for around $300, and it'll still have three years of support. Maybe one extra year if you use the right ROM.
Well, that's fair. If it's still working well for you and you only paid $100 for it, I'd say you've won in every category but privacy, and even there, there's always little things you can do to make things better or worse.
All-or-nothing thinking doesn't help anyone.
You might look at something like the Pocophone for your next purchase. They're usually quite affordable, and supported by at least LineageOS.
If you want help finding some good options when you're shopping for another phone (whenever that might be), hit me up.
Also, if you're not using a VPN, look up Tracker Control on F-Droid. It pretends to be a VPN (basically just a loopback tunnel) and can filter out a lot of crap and trackers.
Never tried it (30+ years of taking the piss out of Microsoft doesn't go away in a day), but I know that a lot of people were very fond of it, more so than windows desktop.
@jwestall_com@RL_Dane GrapheneOS also has them, but within a container. It's an objective truth that the GrapheneOS is number 1 when it comes to security and privacy
How do you handle apps that need google play services?
I never quite understood/bought the argument that running native unprivileged google play is somehow better than MicroG, even if MicroG does run a little stub of google code. %)
But I'm open to it. I've liked #CalyxOS a lot, but I'm interested in trying another ROM that maybe has better sandboxing, or some built-in tracker control like /e/OS
@RL_Dane why'd I need to "handle" it? All it means is that google has no privileges on my phone. I have full control over it. Why'd you want to give google more data than they need? It shall be treated as any other application. No sensor data, no geo data; nothing at all I'd say with "optimized" battery mode that won't work all the time. Do I get notifications? Yup, with no delays
@RL_Dane I mean, GrapheneOS has an app to manage default apps (updating). And just one click to install Google Play. It has the same rights as any other app. Documentation is clear on that
I think my hesitation with that is that I just don't know what I don't know about what GSF actually does, and the sneaky things it's capable of, even when running unprivileged.
Is it possible to run it only in the work profile?
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