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Microsoft and Google may have to surrender people's data to Saudi Arabia after signing huge deals there
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2023
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I can't believe I might go to Linux. It looks more appealing all the time.
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What are phone options?
LineageOS don't bother with any other phone OSes
It's unfortunate that until PostMarketOS gets better support for phones like OnePlus 6, you really only have the original PinePhone. The PinePhone shares it's GPU with the Galaxy S2 (released 12 years ago). However, that OnePlus 6 support really is coming along. I still use my OnePlus7 as a bedside multimedia device and it works just fine.
Do you use PostMarketOS?
No, I don't. Maybe in the future. I don't have the patience for this stuff like I did in the HTC Dream/ G1 era.
So how does that work with say the pixel camera software?
I use libre camera, gives me quite good photo quality
If I want to use the Google pixel camera software, does it work?
Don't know
I think fairphone has support for a foss os out of the box, other brands will take some more work and jailbreaking to get it working.
https://itsfoss.com/open-source-alternatives-android/
Or if you have to use Windows, just download Windows 10 LTSC (Microsoft deserves it anyway; they refuse to sell to sell it to the public because then they can't throw ads at you all day) and have a privacy based Windows 10 that you can modify any way you want. I even removed Edge after each update forever.
You can go with a degoogled phone. Basic Android with Google services tracking you. Or a pine phone, which is nit a full replacement yet
Landline!
And dumb phones
I do like me some Google maps. Wait, dammit. Well I do know about openmaps.
People who really care send encrypted messages hidden in needlepoint pieces.
Unfortunately none, unless you can install /e/ custom rom on your phone
I did once on a nexus 5. It was a pain in the ass, but it can be done. What phones are easier to get root access (is that the proper term? Idk. I think in Canada they can't be carrier locked.)
https://doc.e.foundation/devices/ and https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/
Carrier locked != Locked bootloader
One keeps you tied to a single carrier, the other allows you to access the bootloader to load custom ROMs