DeGoogle Yourself

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A community for those that would like to get away from Google.

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google is not and never was your friend, it is a dictator tool: Degoogle (i.redd.it)

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[–] someacnt@sh.itjust.works 14 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (17 children)

I wish I could degoogle my android phone. Sadly, it would mean many of the apps I use would stop working..

As far as I understand, only F-droid apps would work on e.g. GrapheneOS - is this wrong? I believe there would be issues with

Local chatting app
Local map app (As good as OrganicMaps is, it seems to have limited support in route finding)
Local banking app
Local investing app
Apps for university affairs
Zoom

I feel so sad that I am locked to the platform..

EDIT: Just checked, seems like everything is reported to work except for local banking app. Sadly, it is too convenient to ditch..

[–] tang999@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

How do people feel about e/OS? I just started playing around with it on an old phone and it seems to work with most apps, including banking and Google apps (their store has an optional Google login).

[–] markko@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Depends what your reason for using it is I suppose. pricyguides.org only recommends GrapheneOS as an alternative for privacy and security reasons, but it requires a Pixel device unfortunately.

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