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Alternative to GrapheneOS (self.privacy)

submitted 5 months ago by Linsensuppe to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Im considering buying a new phone and i don't really consider a Pixel. I really like Fairphones approach, with the self repairable stuff. Even though they don‘t have a headphone jack. But well… I can’t change it. I’ll definitely go with the adapter over wireless headphones.

But to my question: What private OSes are there? Fairphone sells FP4s with eOS, how is that? And does it work on the FP5? GrapheneOS only works on Google Pixels right?

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[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not true. I'm a Tangerine customer and have no issues at all with their app on Graphene.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That is one usecase. I‘d be a little more thoughtful about my first sentence if I were you.

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That one use case literally invalidates the claim that banking apps don't work. Your banking app might not work, but mine does.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Thats not how logic works my friend. If 99 people cant get it to work and you do, that makes the claim not invalid but either you lie or you have an „unusual“ setup. The claim still holds true in most cases.

Instead of waltzing over someone like this, you could try and show interest in their usecase and how to troubleshoot the underlying problem. That would be making the world a better place.

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm not here to troubleshoot this issue. I don't have the technical skill or understanding of this platform to do so.

I'm sure I'm not the only one with a working banking app. We don't all use mainstream banks, right? There are options and I'm sure I'm not alone in this.

Thanks for insinuating I'm a liar though. That's nice.

I'm on a Pixel 8 with GrapheneOS and a working banking app with no special fuckery because I genuinely don't know enough about android to deviate from what's offered in the stock Graphene experience other than using the FUTO keyboard and customizing basic settings just like everyone else.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 1 points 5 months ago

Well, thanks for the info. I never said you were a liar. I said thats an option.

The point I took issue with is the way you approached this. I dont mind being corrected. I mind it being done like this as if I were somehow saying stupid things which 20 yrs of IT work clearly speak against.

So maybe we just forget this issue and agree that you have a working setup which I find very positive.

Have a good one.