Just published Google lawsuit evidence indicates that like always retained users' location data, even if disabled in user interface, to the extent that its own employees flashed LineageOS on their phones to avoid tracking. Full thread on https://twitter.com/jason_kint/status/1398353211220807682
I'm honestly not surprised even #Google employees are flashing custom ROMs without GApps, they're software engineers and other techies after all, they're as #privacy conscious as the rest of us and know better than anyone the extent of Google's tracking.
I personally recommend #GrapheneOS over #LineageOS, that way you get true solid security as well as the privacy of being free from Google.
I have FairPhone 3 with /e/ preinstalled and it's great.
I also like Volla Phone with Ubuntu Touch which has been just announced
@katakislives @kravietz @aspie4K You could go with a redmi note 7. It supports /e/,Ubuntutouch and sailfishOS. I'll admit that unlocking the bootloader can be quite the process but once done its working good. I've personally installed all three off them and UT and /e/ get an recommendation.
I had /e/ on Redmi Note 4 and similar experiences. But once installed it worked like a charm.
@AaronTheIssueGuy @kravietz @aspie4K Sounds like that might be a possibility! Xiaomi has been officially established here in Chile a few years ago, so hopefully hunting for that Redmi Note 7 isn't that hard!
@katakislives @kravietz @aspie4K If you get one, I reccomend this tool to unlock the bootloader and work with the device https://xiaomitool.com/V2/ its crossplatform.
@kravietz @aspie4K Neither of which are available for my country, either 😢