Dear @privacytools, @BurungHantu, @jonah - would it make sense for the site to have recommendations for replacing Android default components with privacy-friendly alternatives?
eg launchers, keyboards, search engine, weather app. Oh and navigation!
@michel_slm @privacytools @BurungHantu I’d strongly discourage using stock Android in the first place and using one of our ROM recommendations instead (GrapheneOS, LineageOS etc), which will replace all those defaults anyhow.
@jonah @privacytools @BurungHantu that's the ideal, yes, so privacy-friendly Android distros/forks (err what's the official term?) should be there too.
But it'd be nice to let people gradually secure themselves too. Some might not have the ability (technical or otherwise) to make a full-blown switch e.g. work-provided phone / phone too new / not tech-savvy
@jonah @privacytools @BurungHantu as someone who cares both about privacy and about monopolies, Apple's vendor lock-in creeps me out too (though then again, with #Google increasingly enticing #Android developers to use Google Service Framework, maybe it's time I switch over to using @fdroidorg whenever possible.
Speaking of which, F-Droid, downloads seem slower from your app store than from Google Play, any way to help there? Chip in money for bandwith etc.
@michel_slm
I've been slowly working on some stuff like this for #android users
Plan is to make it open for collaboration.
Been sorting out the platforn.
Will let you all know when its live. @jonah @privacytools @BurungHantu
@dazinism @jonah @privacytools @BurungHantu awesome, thanks! Meanwhile I'm checking out the KISS Launcher from @fdroidorg - damn, compared to this everything derived from the stock launcher is so sluggish.
@michel_slm @privacytools @BurungHantu for sure, but with Android alternatives the only company you’re really trying to escape is Google and that’s impossible with a stock configuration. This is the reason I don’t recommend Android phones at all and tell anyone who doesn’t have the ability to flash a custom ROM to buy an iPhone.