So I’ve got Android as I want. LineageOS, no Google, Magisk, MicroG but with AndroidAuto with OsmAnd+.

But the outside world of WhatsApp, Bank apps, etc is putting pressure to join. Plus not everything works properly with MicroG instead of the Google service provider. Makes me cross techno-politically, but I can’t always hard life tech choices when it effects others.

So, what do others do? At the moment, I’ve thinking I need a non-free phone and a free-phone! Then what, I keep swapping SIM?? I can’t see a workable VM solution to run a non-free Android in a freer Android.

The state of the phone market is pitiful.

  • jabjoe@feddit.ukOPEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    Oh my phone is old, but 6GB RAM is still ok. LineageOS gives me the latest Android on old hardware, while giving me an easy out of Google data mining.

    • miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml
      1·
      9 months ago

      It doesn’t do a whole lot to prevent Googles’ data gathering. Still connects to a quite a few services in the background

      • jabjoe@feddit.ukOPEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        Even without any of the Google services installed? I don’t think that’s true. It doesn’t have my Google login.

          • jabjoe@feddit.ukOPEnglish
            3·
            9 months ago

            GrapheneOS does look interesting. Though the Android Auto, that I use as the car satnav (with OSMAnd+), looks like it might be even more a pain to setup…

            I can’t get over what a techo-political dystopia is, without a lot of faff. We need some law here, forcing standardized open interfaces! (And copyright trolling DRM pushing dark forces will fight that, because of media playing)

            • Gooey0210@sh.itjust.works
              1·
              9 months ago

              Shouldn’t be a problem, GOS has sandboxes play services

              Also, at the same time, there’s an alternative app for google auto on fdroid

                  • jabjoe@feddit.ukOPEnglish
                    1·
                    9 months ago

                    Oh I found the open source Android Auto stuff for GNU/Linux. Though not use any of the GNU/Linux phones make use of it. It looks better to setup, and develop on, but I very much doubt it would make life easier. Not unless you can seamless run Android apps in a box and them not know.

            • miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml
              2·
              9 months ago

              To someone who installed Lineage in the first place, further degoogling shouldn’t be too hard, I agree.