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tsonfeir@lemm.ee 9 months agoI’m not going to criticize the project, because it’s good. But, to me, using anything that gives Google an edge in controlling the direction of technology is bad. So, no Chromium products and no Android.
sir_reginald@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I despise Google, and I agree with chromium, but when the only other alternative is using the proprietary walled garden that is iOS, I’ll take degoogled Android everyday.
tsonfeir@lemm.ee 9 months ago
What can android do that you actually do that iOS cannot?
sir_reginald@lemmy.world 9 months ago
For starters, you can degoogle Android, you can’t deapple iOS.
You can replace the manufacturer android with a clean, free software and secure Android ROM, like GrapheneOS. iOS is a black box, fully proprietary and controlled by Apple.
You can install apps from third parties on Android, like F-Droid. On iOS every app must be approved by Apple.
You can’t use an iPhone without an Apple account, you can use Android without a Google account.
Android has multiple profiles support, which comes handy for completely isolating apps from the rest of your phone.
There’s much, much more. That’s just what came to my mind right now.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
“deapple iOS”
Why would I want to make a secure device less secure tho
tsonfeir@lemm.ee 9 months ago
How can I download apps (not side load) from a store (play store for example) without having a Google account?
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
For a regular user… basically nothing.
I quit google products and services a decade ago, so I was “relegated” to iOS, which… does basically the same exact fucking thing but better in every way. It’s spendy though. I also like their privacy stance, which is “we cost a lot but we’re not selling all of your data to advertisers”
I have not found a single thing I can’t do on iOS that I COULD on Android.
tsonfeir@lemm.ee 9 months ago
They’ll complain about unauthorized developers…. Which I wouldn’t want anyway.