Next smartphone I buy, which one do you recommend?
from LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world to privacy@lemmy.ml on 19 Nov 2023 07:42
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Things that make me angry about my current smartphone Samsung Galaxy S21Ultra on a Verizon plan is the mandatory software updates in which they install WITHOUT MY PERMISSION stupid apps like Netflix and addictive gambling games and stacking block games and Candy crush. God knows what else they install without my permission. I don’t want any of it!

Next phone I buy I want to start with a clean slate, I’m not going to affiliate with any conglomerate like Verizon or AT&T or Sprint or T-Mobile etc, I prefer to go rogue somehow,

which smartphone do you recommend that has no bloatware and it’s customizable?

#privacy

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JoeBidet@lemmy.ml on 19 Nov 2023 13:23 next collapse

PInephone! A bit of work, requiring to not being shy opening the hood of a linux system. but totally worth it, the reward is freedom and its continuous cycle of collective learning…

(although the Pinephone is not really a “smartphone” in the sense most people use that word: a restricted computer that allows to run wallgarden applications… a pinephone doesnt natively run “smartphone apps” and is more like a full-blown, general purpose computer running GNU/linux that also contains a modem enabling calls, sms and data…)

iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee on 19 Nov 2023 16:58 collapse

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library_napper@monyet.cc on 19 Nov 2023 13:28 collapse

Get a used pixel for $100. Factory reset on arrival, and install Graphene OS. Do not install gapps.

iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee on 19 Nov 2023 16:59 collapse

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library_napper@monyet.cc on 19 Nov 2023 19:35 collapse

Why? By default gapps doesn’t come with ROMs. Its usually more work to install gapps.

iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee on 21 Nov 2023 09:09 collapse

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