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[–] 16 points 5 months ago (6 children)
  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Until your cell service provider starts requiring either iPhone or android phones…

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  • [–] 16 points 5 months ago (8 children)

    Reminder that the Finnish brand Jolla is a great alternative for hardware. They are shipping their second batch now. Got my confirmation today.

    https://commerce.jolla.com/products/

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago* (3 children)

    How good is the camera? And do banking apps work?

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    It runs sailfish OS on the Jolla hardware. It can be compatible with android for apps (such as the google play store) but can also be independent with app stores like fdroid. It is unlikely you’ll have any issues with banking apps.

    I can’t speak personally to the camera. Typically android and iOS do a better job with perfecting the camera app over open source apps. However, sailfish did release a camera app for Jolla back in October. My guess is it won’t be as good as iOS or android; not due the hardware, but rather the app that processes the pictures/videos.

    Here are some alternative camera apps to check out and see what you think.

    https://alternativeto.net/software/open-camera/?platform=f-droid

    Also, here is sailfishOS’s main page so you can check out more about the OS: https://sailfishos.org/

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago

    Moving to a Fairphone with /e/os soon

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago

    Was Google - the advertising platform harvesting our data - private and open in the first place?

    Of course not, we just need to let this die and move to Linux

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Why the fuck is everything digital mainstream going to shit?

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Nope. Just remove google blobs from your phone (its easy: just reinstall the OS; they're absent by default)

    Problem solved.

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