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submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

When i was considerong buying a fairphone, fairphones with e/os came up and wondered if it was a good option for privacy.

I do not like pixels, and would love nothing to do with that phone. I prefer my one plus and if i can keep that still have my privacy, that would be nice.

E/os can be put on different android phones my one plus included.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

The point was privacy. Calyx has the philosophy that sending data to Google is good so you do not appear as unusual. But they forget that you can't be detected by Google as an unusual user if you do not connect to Google at all.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

CalyxOS comes with MicroG just as many of the LineageOS forks but allows you to disable it, among other options.

Options for running microG in CalyxOS

  1. microG disabled
  2. microG enabled, no Google Account, push notifications disabled
  3. microG enabled, no Google Account, push notifications enabled (default)
  4. microG enabled, with a Google Account

https://calyxos.org/docs/guide/microg/

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Interesting! I'll check it out!!❤️

this post was submitted on 26 May 2025
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