This is precisely why open-source Android ROMs such as e.foundation and lineageos.org are so important for the health of the #Android ecosystem. https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/3330/senior-google-engineer-reveals-privacy-bombshell-androids-preinstalled-apps
@kravietz yeah I'll never touch android. I love open source but android is an absolute mess and privacy nightmare.
@Wetrix In spite of the privacy-friendly charm that Apple is selling, I think they're doing very much the same as Google. Google doesn't pay $$$ to include its search engine in Apple products just like that.
Yeah, the whole cloud sync topic is really unsolvable if we just limit choices to Google and Apple.
I'm using /e/ cloud on my phone but I hesitate to load anything sensitive there... because it's someone else's cloud and a dedicated attacker *will* eventuall hack or subpoena them.
The only solution really is to run your own Nextcloud instance and then you're mostly in control of your data.
