SailfishOS is fully functional and usable if you do not need any playstore-only apps. Even then they have now implemented microg in v5.0
toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
give me ANYTHING that’s open-source and not tied to google or apple. i don’t care if it’s shit. i’m old. i just need a phone and maybe some pics and browsing.
letme@lemmy.wtf 3 weeks ago
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Pinephone. Daily driver of you have low expectations. Not great for pictures.
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
Do you in the US or Europe? There are some possibilities out there, but it’s kinda region dependent.
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
GrapheneOS is an open-source Android fork lots of people like, it’s what I’m planning on using once I get a new phone
ilmagico@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
While I’m a fan of GrapheneOS, I think it could still be considered “tied to Google” both due to it being based on Android, and also because it only runs on Google Pixel phones. Graphene focuses more on security, then on privacy, but not so much on reducing our dependency on Google’s software and/or hardware.
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah those are things on my mind too, especially since Google moved Android behind closed doors.
Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
My understanding is that AOSP is still and will continue to be a thing. That’s Android. What Google has done though is put more and more new capabilities into Play Services, which are not open, rather than AOSP.
I hope someone will correct me or add better nuance though.