I’ve been looking into moving towards a more privacy friendly OS on my phones; I’ve been deGoogling my phones to the maximum extension I can manage, deactivating stock apps and putting in as much FOSS possible.

But what other options are there out there?

I don’t want to go full out into Linux Phone territory, as I am not tech savvy enough to maintain a phone on that line, and I have two bank and a carrier applications I would like to keep using.

As I write this, Murena and their /e/ OS seems to be a good option, as they have some accessibly priced equipments and the OS itself seems to be a clean(er) Android.

  • one_old_coder@piefed.socialEnglish
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    16 days ago

    I’m curious to know whether you need to have an official Android phone (i.e. NOT a custom ROM, something validated by Google), or if the Google Play services are enough. In France there is a government ID application that no one uses, but it’s still usable on GrapheneOS.

    • mimavox@piefed.socialEnglish
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      13 days ago

      I think you can get it to work on custom ROMs, but I’ve also heard about people having trouble with it. A colleague recently bought a Jolla phone…if he can get everything to work, maybe I’ll switch as well in the future.