My #fairphone5 arrived today. The stock ROM I did try but there was way too many #GApps that I couldn't uninstall for my liking. I have installed @calyxos and have spent the afternoon installing apps and syncing with @nextcloud

Ich konnte eben auf einem #Google #Pixel 3 XL mit #LineageOS 22 (also #Android 15) die #DKB App installieren, einrichten und nutzen. Und das, obwohl das Smartphone ohne #googleplayservices oder entsprechende Ersatzdienste wie #gapps installiert ist. Ich bin sprachlos. Auf #GrapheneOS habe ich für die App immer extra einen user mit #GoogleDienste geklickt, weil ich dachte, dass #BankingApps die #playintegrityapi benötigen.

I have installed #LineageOS and #fdroid to several non tech-savvy friends' mobile phones.

Some of them with #gapps.

I believe that #firefox from #googleplay / #aurora is the least-worst secure, #foss #browser to suggest.

Prove me wrong.

@fuchsiii #WasFehlt: nen "vollautomatisches" Equivalent für #iTest auf non-#GAPPs - #Android...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIJavqEzEIw&t=692s

Würde sich als Lösung für Repair Shops anbieten, die's halt entsprechend per site / floating lizensieren.

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hughjeffreyssoftware.iTest
IOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/itest/id6484069424

Vorallem um Fake Phones zu testen...

Why are there no good phones on the market?

• Yes, even #Fairphone has #enshittified itself too much for my taste!

I don't want much:

• #Android (#iOS is cringe and everything else is either a rounding error or dead anyway!)

• #HeadphoneJack (Cuz I use that thing and #USB-#Dongles are shite! #Sony already did #Waterproof #Smartphones WITH 3,5mm Jacks over a decade ago!)

• #DualSIM (And I mean real Dual-SIM, not #eSIM! with TWO real basebands to be able to have data & calling at the same time, cuz I need that! Bonus Points if it's baseband works with #SnoopSnitch... )

• #repairable like a #Fairphone ( #ToolfreeSwappable #Batteries are non-negotiable! Bonus Points if it can run off USB-C power only w/o a battery or allows hot-swapping of batteries w/o interruptions!)

• #affordable ( < €500 ) or at least not absurdly expensive. (If I gonna pay like €1k+ I might just buy an #Iridium Extreme 9575 PTT used or an #IridiumGOexec instead!=

• No #Bloatware (this includes no #GAPPS / #GoogleApps as mandated for #GooglePlay! Just give me #LineageOS or like a clean #AOSP image...)

Ganz fantastische Recherche von @br_data und @netzpolitik_feed dazu, wie genau und einfach Menschen anhand von #WerbeID und #Standortdaten verfolgt können:
https://netzpolitik.org/2024/databroker-files-firma-verschleudert-36-milliarden-standorte-von-menschen-in-deutschland/
https://interaktiv.br.de/ausspioniert-mit-standortdaten/index.html

Löscht eure Werbe-ID oder unterbindet den Zugriff! Wie das geht: https://netzpolitik.org/2024/databroker-files-so-stoppt-man-das-standort-tracking-am-handy

@thomasfuchs Exactly...

I use #Android (a #Fairphone 3+) with all the #GAPPS #Bloat & #Govware yeeted and instead @fdroidorg put.on because that works for me way better...

Moving to a combo of a #PinePhonePro and a #Pixel phone with #LineageOS sans #GApps. I @bitwarden, but their options are... rough.

No #Google means the #FirefoxForAndroid extension can't access vaults. The webpage / #PWA is 100% not mobile responsive (in 2024!). Ditto the #Linux app. There's no #Android app in #FDroid despite, iirc, the client being #FOSS?

At least make the website mobile friendly. A non GApps extension/client would go a long, long way, too though.

@gameplayervent @root Yeah, there's a reason I don't do #postmarketOS on my #Fairphone 3+...

Tho I wished @Fairphone were to fully #FLOSS #ReproducibleBuilds [except maybe the #GAPPS bloat due to licensing but who wants that anyway?] of their #Firmware so that could be worked out easier...

@MrGR Ich beantworte das als ein Vertreter der AG SV mal: Finden wir as Alternative zu Passwörtern gut. Es gibt extra solche Passkeys, die auf dem Gerät verbleiben, wenn man nichts über externe Server synchronisieren möchte. Allerdings können insbesondere Nutzer von freien Systemen kaumPasskeys nutzen, weil sie dort in der Regel noch nicht implementiert sind. #KeePassXC soll Unterstützung bekommen, #BitWarden hat da auch schon was am Start, aber z.B. bei Linux ohne #GApps sieht es noch schlecht aus. @digitalcourage

@eff personally, I'd still not use any #centralized #SingleVendor & #SingleProvider messenger that falls under #CloudAct (thus can't comply with #GDPR per-se) and violates the basic principle of avoiding to store any unnecessary data (as per #BDSG)...

Not to mention there's no option to exercise #SelfCustody on @signalapp or actually do #SelfHosting nor are there #Clients for #CLI / #TUI nor #GAPPS-free #Android.

Also none of their Software is reproducible code!!!

@PraetorCreech oh wie unangenehm. Hattest du vor dem Update #GApps drauf? Wenn die verloren gehen, bootet's nicht.

@pabloscloud even lineageOS tracks you to death when you install #GApps. There are solutions with #microG to support android auto and safetynet. I just don't know out of the box custom ROMs for it.