Overview of the pros and cons of some DeGoogled Phone operating systems/models such as:
Graphene, Calyx, Lineage, Pinephone, Purism Librem 5
Two things holding me back is my worry about some banking and payment apps not working and Google Maps because I’m a hypocrite and the timeline feature of Google Maps has helped me many times in the past.
Last time I tried it I was surprised to find out that Google maps works fine without any play services installed!
Nice! One less thing to worry about :D
That’s it. Google Maps with good precise location is the thing I most miss from my Pixel. But that’s a trade-offs… if you want to get the best GPS, you need to give some data back. I don’t like that… but well I miss it.
I miss the r/privacy rules of “don’t promote your commercial business”
I would personally ban/defed from Monero.town because it’s a scam-ass crypto instance.
Every time I see a “guide” like this it’s always from a monero.town user. The last guy who was posting “reviews” was bitching about how he got stiffed paying for a game or something with crypto, and nobody had any sympathy because when you don’t pay with real money you don’t get the guarantee of a service rendered.
I think it’s the same monero.town user posting all the links to their guides website. And considering they sell “consultations” with no credentials and a similar lack of guarantees, yeah, I’m more than a little suspicious too
GrapheneOS has been basically flawless for me, most of the time I forget I’m even using a custom rom. Using the Aurora Store, along with a few select apps in a work profile with sandboxed Google Play services goes a long way in terms of plugging the usability gap. I know there’s supposed to be issues with banks, but at least in my anecdotal experience, I’ve used accounts from 3 different banks and haven’t had any issues.
I’ve been happy with Graphene on my Pixel 7. Only con is Google Wallet doesn’t work, but not a big deal for me personally. I also like that I can deny apps network access: I’ve been using Gboard without network access, which makes me feel a bit better in regards to privacy.
theres a con?
-its per os, i see… i thought it was an aggregate piece
Wish it also included /e/OS, was considering a fair phone with that for my next phone.
/e/ is not degoogled and security does not seem to be a priority for them. I wouldn’t recommend it. See the following comments from a divestos dev:
https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/should-e-os-and-the-fairphone-be-added-to-privacy-guides/13184/2
https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/should-e-os-and-the-fairphone-be-added-to-privacy-guides/13184/8
CalyxOS supports fairphone, I’ve been using it for a year now.
Or at least refere to this list: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_custom_Android_distributions
