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The only way to ever use an Android GOOGLE FREE!
Or you could go with OLD tech built by CHILD slave labor in China. "An iPhone" LOL Yeah pay $1,200+ for hardware worth $69 LOL
Google's Pixel 4 is the most Googly phone possible. If that creeps you out,... moreThe only way to ever use an Android GOOGLE FREE!
Or you could go with OLD tech built by CHILD slave labor in China. "An iPhone" LOL Yeah pay $1,200+ for hardware worth $69 LOL
Google's Pixel 4 is the most Googly phone possible. If that creeps you out, I have the ultimate alternative: /e/, an easy-to-use, special version of Android designed to keep Google at arm's length.
I've been running /e/, formerly known as Eelo, all weekend on a 4-year-old phone while my colleague Steven Winkelman reviews the latest Pixel. For day-to-day messaging, calls, browsing, light gaming, and photos, my de-Googled /e/ phone can hold its own with the latest flagships—minus access Google services like Gmail or YouTube, of course.
There are other non-Google OSes and Android variants, including Ubuntu Touch and Lineage OS. /E/ is a fork of Lineage, which PCMag's Max Eddy installed on a phone earlier this year; he had trouble re-adding Google Apps, so I decided not to do that here. /E/ tries to strike a middle ground of removing Google, but keeping things as user-friendly as possible with a simplified launcher, non-Google cloud syncing, and support for many third-party apps via MicroG, an open-source alternative to Google's Play Services. less
For day-to-day messaging, calls, browsing, light gaming, and photos, an /e/ phone can hold its own with the latest flagships, minus access to Google services. Unfortunately, installing /e/ on my phone was a long walk down a hideous rabbit hole of Android h
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