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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Personally, I gave up on google as a whole

[–] smeeps@lemmy.mtate.me.uk 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Pixels are the best degoogle phone thanks to GrapheneOS...

[–] Fecundpossum@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Same. I have come to trust Apple’s commitment and attitude towards user privacy substantially more than Google. I actually know a person that works in a fairly high middle management position in a technical department at the fruit company, and he told me that even their internal handling of user data is incredibly restrictive, even when it makes their jobs harder. I don’t think Apple is perfect, but better than the alternative.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 18 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Apple is a locked in ecosystem what is based entirely on proprietary software. I'm not sure how that is good for privacy. They can and are collecting your data. You also can't get apps outside of the App store which limits your options.

AOSP based Android Like Lineage OS is the only way.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

yes I'm surprised at the lack of FOSS apps on IOS.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm not

The App store is very restrictive and the OS is locked down

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Fecundpossum@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I’m well aware of the risks inherent to not running calyx or graphene, but my threat model doesn’t justify sacrificing a lot of the functionality that I enjoy on an iPhone. If my threat model required it, I’d have an unactivated burner and a pixel device running calyx in addition to my iPhone. I’m happy settling for “better than google” based on my needs. I also have a couple PCs running Linux, with steps I can take to ensure some level of privacy if needed.

Thanks for posting some good reading though, it’s all shit I’m generally aware of.