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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (18 children)

Been using Fdroid to the point where my first boot into a new phone is:

Open chrome > download fdroid > open settings > uninstall/disable every single application I can > open fdroid > install all the relevant apps I require for making my phone useful

I'm just waiting for a small life upgrade in order to be able to support some app developers; it will be money better spent than using the standard google apps.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (10 children)

You might want to consider your next phone to be a pixel+grapheneOS.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

It's insane that I can't make any steps towards ungoogling myself w/o paying 2.5 times the price of a phone. I can't buy an allready degoogled pixel here, I can't buy fairphone here, I can only use a package forwarding service from the US, declare it to customs - and watch them add a monstrous fee to it.

I wish I could have the courage to buy a pixel and try to replace the OS myself - but I fear I will just brick it...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I just did it two days ago, had the same fears, everything went smooth like butter

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