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What Phone & OS should I get next?
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this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2023
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There are lots of privacy oriented Android flavors out there. Most of them won't come with Google Play services installed. Any of them will be able to run any apps you need.
In my opinion, Google isn't bad at all when it comes to tracking and bloatware. They're much like Apple. It's the branded phones like Samsung that are absolutely horrible.
Anyway, check out the LineageOS Wiki: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/
It can give a quick overview of the devices which can easily install a custom ROM (OS). I heard good things about Fairphone
Owning a FP4, I would recommend you to hold off on buying one. Maybe wait for the FP5, which is supposed to come out soon, and hope that the software support is better.
True, but the FP4 isnt bad, I'd say it's pretty good, considering the repairability that you just don't have with other phones. Coming from an iPhone SE, I didn't experience it as a downgrade, but it did have some getting used to. Mostly down to Android.
Hardware is ok, though by now pretty outdated for a new phone for €600.
Software is really buggy and the bugs don't get fixed. I currently have multiple major bugs, that limit the functionality of the phone (the worst one is that 5Ghz hotspot isn't even selectable and 2.4GHz and tethering have massive packetloss and speeds of <500kbit/s).
And then the camera...
Also, there are only ~3 years of guaranteed software updates and replacement parts available (with maybe a bit more if we get lucky). Waiting for half a year and getting the FP5 if repairability is really important or getting something else if it isn't might be the better choice.
what do you mean google is like apple privacy-wise? Google is HORRIBLE, they invented tracking in order to sell customised ads.
On the other hand, Apple has lots of flaws but a strong privacy nonetheless, since you’re paying upfront their expensive products.
In my understanding, the metrics tracked by just having Google Play services are pretty minimal.
It's more like an API between your phone and apps you install through it, and the permission system for apps has improved immensely over the past 5-10 years. As I see it, it's more like a firewall.
If you don't want Google to know which apps you use and how much, you can go full custom, but that's a bit too much tinfoil for me.
The tracking is mostly from web browsing. If you use Google Chrome, of course you can expect to be tracked based on browser history, cookies, etc., like most other browsers.
If I wanna do something in private, obviously I won't use Chrome or a builtin browser.
This is pretty much true in terms of using Google play services all it may do is change what ads or recommendations you get on the play store.
The devious stuff comes from almost entirely Chrome and Google search. I'm not some kind of Google defender by any means but using a normal Android OS isn't generally going to be making Google any money. They're just hoping you'll use the apps that come pre installed with it.