De-everything enough?
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Nice, Jami. Have you been able to find anybody else who uses it?
I've tried to use it but it's way too flaky.
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Not really imo,
however doing good taking small steps OP!
Suggestions I'd make:
- Aim to use nothing/as little as possible from the Play Store (proprietary, often filled with trackers)
- Aim to use everything/as much as possible from F-Droid (open source, no or nearly no trackers)
- Switch GApps for MicroG (The open source implementation of the Google system apps to make things like notifications work, which removes spyware)
- Switch your Xiaomi OS (also spyware filled) for a more privacy friendly OS like LineageOS
I'd suggest LineageOS4MicroG:
https://lineage.microg.org/It's vanilla LineageOS,
with MicroG + F-Droid pre-included.I went to almost every website that offers ROMs and couldn't find any official ROMs for my device (/e/? Doesn't work. Lineage? Nope. Graphene? Only works for pixels). I can't install apks outside playstore (So, no aurora store and no f-droid. Newpipe was an exception) Thanks btw
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Remove Netflix, proprietary software.
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/c/piracy
I can't install anything that isn't from playstore.
Why?
Parental controls, newpipe was an exception
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Nice, Jami. Have you been able to find anybody else who uses it?
I have only converted one friend and he only agreed because I mentioned the chat control. Everyone else went “OMG” and moved on with their lives.
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Firefox or Waterfox instead of Brave. Vivaldi's a good compromise if it has to be Chromium.
How about Librefox?
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(I reposted this bc some applications were missing.) I had to install some apps because of school. Btw, can you say improvements that I can make? I can't install anything that isn't from playstore.
Edit: Duolingo is now just a PWAwrote last edited by [email protected]I would recommend moving off of Duolingo if you can. What you move to depends on the language you're learning. They fired a bunch of their language developers and went hard on AI.
I help run a community for Welsh learners and we're finding more and more people coming in with questions about a Duolingo lesson where things are wrong and weird. Plus their business practices aren't great. They realized that they make money from you staying on the app, not learning a language, so your progress is artificial stunted. Plus the complete lack of grammar explanation at all we're finding hurts people more than helps
As a general recommendation, textbooks are so much better.
I also see Gmail. I don't have a recommendation for a replacement as I'm doing my research on it now, but getting away from Google is a good idea
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I would recommend moving off of Duolingo if you can. What you move to depends on the language you're learning. They fired a bunch of their language developers and went hard on AI.
I help run a community for Welsh learners and we're finding more and more people coming in with questions about a Duolingo lesson where things are wrong and weird. Plus their business practices aren't great. They realized that they make money from you staying on the app, not learning a language, so your progress is artificial stunted. Plus the complete lack of grammar explanation at all we're finding hurts people more than helps
As a general recommendation, textbooks are so much better.
I also see Gmail. I don't have a recommendation for a replacement as I'm doing my research on it now, but getting away from Google is a good idea
I've already replaced Gmail (I just can't disable it and I need for my school) with Tuta. In addition, I was forced to install Duolingo because of my Spanish teacher (at least it was with a fake email address).
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How about Librefox?
I'm on android
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I would recommend moving off of Duolingo if you can. What you move to depends on the language you're learning. They fired a bunch of their language developers and went hard on AI.
I help run a community for Welsh learners and we're finding more and more people coming in with questions about a Duolingo lesson where things are wrong and weird. Plus their business practices aren't great. They realized that they make money from you staying on the app, not learning a language, so your progress is artificial stunted. Plus the complete lack of grammar explanation at all we're finding hurts people more than helps
As a general recommendation, textbooks are so much better.
I also see Gmail. I don't have a recommendation for a replacement as I'm doing my research on it now, but getting away from Google is a good idea
I recently tried duo lingo. I have a pretty strong background in Spanish, but want to brush up. It became apparent very quickly that the app is not about learning so much as keeping you in it. The lessons don't make a ton of sense, and after not using app for a week, it demoted me to just 8 words that you would learn in your first class (hombre, el, agua, tu, etc.). There is no way to skip ahead.
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Don't use Firefox, the original one anymore if you're really into privacy. I haven't tried Waterfox, but I can recommend Ironfox. It's on Acrescent and Fdroid.
OP said they can't install from anywhere but the Play Store.
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I have already disabled Google Photos, but it still manages to save my photos, and I can't revoke its permission to do so. (C'mon xiaomi, I just don't want to have all my data in the google servers)
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I tried to check the Shizuku app, but it says it's for an older Android version. When I checked it a few days ago, it didn't say that.
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Same pain! Whatsapp! Unreplacable
wrote last edited by [email protected]No, its replaceable. Just delete it, somebody has to make the step. I told my friends and family they can reach me at signal, call me or just send an SMS. I don't want to judge but it is easier than you may think.
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(I reposted this bc some applications were missing.) I had to install some apps because of school. Btw, can you say improvements that I can make? I can't install anything that isn't from playstore.
Edit: Duolingo is now just a PWAYou are using a Chinese phone ... You got bigger issues
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I went to almost every website that offers ROMs and couldn't find any official ROMs for my device (/e/? Doesn't work. Lineage? Nope. Graphene? Only works for pixels). I can't install apks outside playstore (So, no aurora store and no f-droid. Newpipe was an exception) Thanks btw
Ufff sad to hear.
What you could do:
- Not recommened: Search on XDA for an un-official build of a custom rom for your device (stability may vary)
- Recommended: Be patient, until it's time to buy a new phone, then first look for the OS you want, then choose a device from the list that the OS supports, that's how I do it nowadays
Also interesting, but annoying that you can't install apks from outside the PlayStore
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I tried to check the Shizuku app, but it says it's for an older Android version. When I checked it a few days ago, it didn't say that.
I don't use the Pay Store version, so I don't know what you're running into there. May not matter though, as I remembered after commenting that you have to have "Wireless Debugging" enabled, which requires the hidden-by-default "Developer Options" to be enabled - something I'll bet the Parental Controls disallows anyway.
Sorry.
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OP said they can't install from anywhere but the Play Store.
OK my bad
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(I reposted this bc some applications were missing.) I had to install some apps because of school. Btw, can you say improvements that I can make? I can't install anything that isn't from playstore.
Edit: Duolingo is now just a PWAIt would be nice to use something like RethinkDNS to block internet connection of these apps you can't disable. You can also config it to block some trackers by DNS filtering.
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(I reposted this bc some applications were missing.) I had to install some apps because of school. Btw, can you say improvements that I can make? I can't install anything that isn't from playstore.
Edit: Duolingo is now just a PWAPretty sure Wireguard is better in most regards than openvpn. But I also have no idea what you use the VPN for, or why not just use Mullvad.
I'd replace the default text-messaging app with QUIK or something (also allows you to block people who you otherwise cant block).
And replace Ace Attorney with Wrath Of The Gods
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Parental controls, newpipe was an exception
wrote last edited by [email protected]Oh, that’s a good start. Teach them about libre software and show them F-Droid. PipePipe works better than NewPipe and you can get it there too. Good luck!
