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What are some good alternatives to android these days? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [M] to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Samsung has great hardware, but their version of android is getting more and more bloated. And android itself is moving in a direction reminiscent of how I felt about Windows after win7.

Some 20 years ago I used Cyanogenmod on a Samsung phone, and that worked great, but it seems to no longer be active.

I see many alternatives, such as graphene, lineage, et.al... what are the pros and cons of each? For one I see that GrapheneOS only supports the pixel.

Note: I'm not 100% ready to deegoogle entirely, so if possible I would like to keep some features related to Google Play and its services.

I'd love an actual linux phone again; I bought a Neo FreeRunner early 2008, and while the tech wasn't very mature at that point, it was my daily use phone for a while.

And no, I'm not buying a fucking iPhone. Made that mistake in 2009.

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[–] 5 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

I genuinely don't understand why people make the switch and then worry about bank apps. Don't people have cash and credit cards? What about using an internet browser on a PC or laptop for logging in to bank accounts?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I use a Chromium-based browser (that allows extensions) in desktop mode to access my bank because they deliberately give a crappy experience to mobile users. How do I know this? Because their site used to work just fine in standard Android Chrome up until 2-3 years ago when they "overhauled" their site. Made me refuse to install their app even harder.

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