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krakenx@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoCustom Android ROMs based on AOSP, which is the open source parts of Android. I used to use LineageOS back in the day.
Before buying a phone, make sure that it has an unlockable bootloader and a custom ROM of a recent Android version.
Note that many commercial apps like Netflix, Pokémon Go, bank apps, etc. will refuse to run if your bootloader is unlocked. It also permanently trips Samsung’s Knox.
girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Unfortunately, this seems to be something that might be changing in the future. Google isn’t going to be open source with android development anymore.