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ok what phone should I get next
It depends on whether you're using apps that require Play Integrity attestation, like some banking apps do.
If that's the case, consider the humble iPhone!
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ok what phone should I get next
Ideally none at all. A linux phone if you have to have one.
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A pixel. It comes without Gemini pre-installed. That or any phone on the planet without Gemini installed on Android. So the vast majority of them.
Check again. If you've got a pixel, you might have to go into your apps and use the search function to find it. It installs and hides itself as of some recent update.
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Check again. If you've got a pixel, you might have to go into your apps and use the search function to find it. It installs and hides itself as of some recent update.
No, you are incorrect.
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Ideally none at all. A linux phone if you have to have one.
We can't all be Jack White. I've tried. You cannot live in this society with no phone. Unless you have no friends and no job.
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A pixel. It comes without Gemini pre-installed. That or any phone on the planet without Gemini installed on Android. So the vast majority of them.
What about Gemini Space (aka Ambient Data) that's tied to Android System Intelligence - which is a system app enabled by default that can be disabled (if you know how to disable system apps) but of course cannot be uninstalled.
Also google is planning to replace Assistant with Gemini in the near future so all phones that have assistant (which is again enabled by default on most if not all android phones) will get Gemini sooner or later.
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What about Gemini Space (aka Ambient Data) that's tied to Android System Intelligence - which is a system app enabled by default that can be disabled (if you know how to disable system apps) but of course cannot be uninstalled.
Also google is planning to replace Assistant with Gemini in the near future so all phones that have assistant (which is again enabled by default on most if not all android phones) will get Gemini sooner or later.
None of that has to do with what is being presented and posted here. They are not just sucking up your data without telling you or anything you didn't ask for when you manually installed Gemini.
Not wanting bullshit in my feed is a far cry from my views on privacy.
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It depends on whether you're using apps that require Play Integrity attestation, like some banking apps do.
If that's the case, consider the humble iPhone!
Apple likes to pretend they aren't evil since they're just evil in a different way than google.
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Apple likes to pretend they aren't evil since they're just evil in a different way than google.
Oh, yeah. Absolutely. No ethical consumption under capitalism, amirite?
People wanna buy phones though.
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Oh, yeah. Absolutely. No ethical consumption under capitalism, amirite?
People wanna buy phones though.
At least with Google they don't make the cornerstone of their branding lies (we are super focused on YOUR privacy), and you actually have some choice in how you use your phone.
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Ideally none at all. A linux phone if you have to have one.
what's a linux phone? I thought android was written on Linux
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Anything compatible with Graphene OS (https://grapheneos.org/); a second-hand Pixel will work best, if you can find one cheap. I use it as my daily driver on a Pixel 7a and it's great; it's the most stable and easiest-to-install custom ROM I've ever used, and I've been rooting my Android devices for over a decade now.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Does it support banking apps yet? Last time I tried it anything to do with financials, Bitwarden, or 2FA just didn't work at all.
Edit: and I've heard you can get Google play store on it now right? Cause I'll need all of my apps back
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Does it support banking apps yet? Last time I tried it anything to do with financials, Bitwarden, or 2FA just didn't work at all.
Edit: and I've heard you can get Google play store on it now right? Cause I'll need all of my apps back
I use multiple banking apps on my Graphene phone, the only thing it doesn't support is contactless payments.
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Does it support banking apps yet? Last time I tried it anything to do with financials, Bitwarden, or 2FA just didn't work at all.
Edit: and I've heard you can get Google play store on it now right? Cause I'll need all of my apps back
Every single banking app works fine, just have to give it full permissions.
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I use multiple banking apps on my Graphene phone, the only thing it doesn't support is contactless payments.
Oh that's unfortunate, but I guess it wouldn't have Google wallet on it huh
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Every single banking app works fine, just have to give it full permissions.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Okay good, last time I tried it (around 2020) none of my banking apps worked because of a cert issue or something like that I believe. And I don't use small banks just PNC, Capital One, and and JP Morgan.
I douse Google pay though. I know graphene doesn't come with the Google apps but can I install them anyways?
Edit: and 2FA apps had issues too. Microsoft Authenticator and Cisco Duo just refused to run.
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Okay good, last time I tried it (around 2020) none of my banking apps worked because of a cert issue or something like that I believe. And I don't use small banks just PNC, Capital One, and and JP Morgan.
I douse Google pay though. I know graphene doesn't come with the Google apps but can I install them anyways?
Edit: and 2FA apps had issues too. Microsoft Authenticator and Cisco Duo just refused to run.
All Google apps work, Especially if they're installed from the play store, which I try to avoid at all costs. Duo mobile works no problem, haven't tried ms or Google authenticator. ChatGPT app still doesn't work, but Claude does.
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what's a linux phone? I thought android was written on Linux
android is heavily modified unix afaik. Linux is not, it uses gnu.
the only linux based os i am aware off is postmarketOS -
Oh that's unfortunate, but I guess it wouldn't have Google wallet on it huh
You can get a watch that you run Google wallet on instead but to be honest I don't really miss contactless and just use my physical card instead.
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Anything compatible with Graphene OS (https://grapheneos.org/); a second-hand Pixel will work best, if you can find one cheap. I use it as my daily driver on a Pixel 7a and it's great; it's the most stable and easiest-to-install custom ROM I've ever used, and I've been rooting my Android devices for over a decade now.
Is there an easy way to migrate everything into graphene or do I have to start fresh?
