Get a device that is supported by degoogled android systems and get rid of all the garbage. My recommendation is always GrapheneOS on a pixel, just because you can reinstall google play services if you really need to and preserve usability, while massively boosting privacy and security.
Comment on POV) You use Windows 11 and set up Pihole for the first time.
bless@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Wait till you plug in your cell phone to charge they start calling home like crazy
ichbinjasokreativ@lemmy.world 1 year ago
dynamo@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Unfortunately the majority of devices supported by degoogled android distros are straight garbage. LIke the pixel line. Best device i’ve seen would be Fairphone 3+, or Volla Phone 22
RaoulDook@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If you say that you must have never used one. Pixels are objectively good phones by every measure except having an SD card slot, which they don’t.
dynamo@lemm.ee 1 year ago
No microsd, no jack, no dualsim. So basically noone of the features i need. You know what i don’t need from my phone? A lot of processing power. Wtf would i even use that for, “Advanced Calendar”?
sheogorath@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I used blokada on my phone and it blocked around 10k calls per day. I’ve since moved to use Mullvad as an always on VPN and turned all of the blockers on. Haven’t setup a pihole for my home yet because I didn’t have access to the router.
Tikiporch@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You can put it on the network anyway, you just have to set it as the DNS for each device.
bless@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Better to set the DHCP server to hand out the dns rather then set it device by device
Tikiporch@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Dude said he couldn’t access the router, which I assume is handling his DHCP in this scenario. I could be wrong, but that would be unusual.
fat_stig@lemmy.world 1 year ago
10k calls per day…
More than 1 every 10 minutes. Seems legit.
Stumblinbear@pawb.social 1 year ago
Calls as in network requests not phone calls
meat_popsicle@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Telemetry DNS/API calls, not dialer calls.
neveraskedforthis@lemmy.world 1 year ago
All hail GrapheneOS