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This community is a gathering place on Gemini, for those seeking freedom from data-hungry giants. Whether you're a seasoned "degoogler" or just starting your journey, you've found a supportive community ready to share insights, answer questions, and help you navigate the world of degoogled phones. Join us today and regain control over your digital life!
Obtainium — Do any of you use Obtainium to get &/or update apps? If so, have you found a way to get signal or brave or the like working via this? Do you think Obtainium is better than other repositories like f-droid or not, and if so... why? I'm curious whether I should go figure it out because the Aurora Store using false google accts annoys me.
💬 5 comments · Nov 16 · 4 weeks ago
Recently had to replace my PostmarketOS OP6T due to the death of 3G. PMOS doesn't support VoLTE yet and from what I can see priority for the project at the mo is improvements to project infrastructure and switching to both systemd and an immutable base. So, not confident it's something that will get sorted in the near term. Did some research and GrapheneOS seemed like the best alternative so with "some" irony I now own a Google Pixel mobile. GrapheneOS was a breeze to install via WebUSB and...
💬 2 comments · 1 like · Oct 22 · 8 weeks ago
Just out of curiosity: what non-FOSS apps, if any, do you still use on your degoogled phone?
💬 6 comments · Apr 24 · 8 months ago
KaiOS — What are the opinions here on KaiOS? I see a bunch of feature phones with it, but I'm unsure if I should trust it.
💬 12 comments · 1 like · 2023-12-27 · 1 year ago
No Google? No Maps! No Friends 🏝 — TLDR; We rely too heavily on links to convey and discuss locations and it is not universally interoperable. If it wasn't for Google's obvious monopoly we would have solved this already. 📱 I've been using LineageOS for about a year now with very few complaints. I actually installed LineageOS , then GrapheneOS, then LineagOS and then LineageOS again on the same phone as I figured out how to get an OS that meets my needs (and also figure out what I actually *...
💬 6 comments · 7 likes · 2023-12-15 · 1 year ago
What makes it so there are only a handful of phone models that can run degoogled systems? Why doesn't it work like on the PC, where you can just put any Linux distro on any machine?
💬 8 comments · 2 likes · 2023-10-21 · 1 year ago
Hi! I just started this Degoogled Phones subspace, and would love to hear from those of you who have any experience installing systems like eOS or LineageOS on their phones... How difficult or risky was it?... Would you recommend it?... That type of stuff... Welcome and thank you in advance! Cheers!
💬 19 comments · 2023-10-21 · 1 year ago