Looking at options to degoogle etc., and these look like two valid options. I mainly use a phone for maps and authenticator, and the occasional text or call.

Also, any other good options or considerations I am missing?

  • ReallyZen@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    2 completely different propositions :

    • gOS is all about security - do you live in a Surveillance State? (The answer today is most probably yes)
    • e/OS is all about🖕google - do you think google is a nefarious entity part of today’s world problems? (I think absolutely yes)

    So your choice isn’t one because it’s apples and oranges. I can’t go for gOS because they don’t care about google, and it means I’d be waving around a pixel, I’d be a mobile billboard for google - and also if “someone” wants to get into my phone, they will anyway. A fairphone is another statement entirely, and with an alternate OS from a small French business it’s the most political choice I can make. Also, fuck google.

    [edit] e/OS is built on LineageOS which runs on many many phones.

    • ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      30 days ago

      Fairphone 6 with E/os has been good to me. It might not be perfect, but anything that’s 🖕 Google is better than all the surveillance before. Any competition at this point is a win.