Linux Phones

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Community about running GNU/Linux on phones. Projects like Ubuntu Touch, Plasma Mobile, PostmarketOS, Mobian etc. Either on former Android phones or hardware like the PinePhone.

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We need to support Linux Phones development more now than ever based on recent news (lemmy.ca)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Beaver@lemmy.ca to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ml

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As Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled in the future. They’re going to eventually ban adblockers for chromium. We need to quickly respond with alternatives to android, we must end this market consolidation.

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[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 months ago (8 children)

What are the current viable choices for everyday use? I currently use a Pixel 6a with Graphene and I like it a lot as it does everything I want it to. It doesn't work with my bank app but I don't really care about that as I just use a browser when I need to access it.

Ubuntu touch, postmarket and sailfish are the ones I have heard of but I don't know what state they are in in terms of how usable they are on a day to day basis.

[–] DreitonLullaby@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Hey I'm curious. Is there a speciffic feature Graphene doesn't support that your bank app requires? I'm in Australia, and am planning to use GrapheneOS on a Pixel phone, so I'm wondering if my bank app would be affected too.

[–] Tregetour@lemdro.id 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

When government/corporate services are involved, I suggest doing as much as you can via the web browser as opposed to app, in the interests of privacy and civil liberty.

So long as it's going through the browser we have a degree of control over functionality and connectivity. Apps strip that away. Apps are you doing everything on their terms, while suffering an ad (their logo) on your home screen rent-free. You can pin browser bookmarks to home as well in Android.

[–] DreitonLullaby@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

True. For some reason I was sure I remembered the mobile version of my banks website not working for actual banking, but it turns out it does, at least currently. Hopefully it stays that way and they don't push too hard for the app. If they do drop it, I can always block app trackers with a DNS service like Mullvad or Quad9

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