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  • ori@lemmy.blahaj.zoneO This user is from outside of this forum
    ori@lemmy.blahaj.zoneO This user is from outside of this forum
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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 PWA

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    • ori@lemmy.blahaj.zoneO [email protected]

      (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 PWA

      radiantly9267@lemmy.caR This user is from outside of this forum
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      Same pain! Whatsapp! Unreplacable 😒

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      • ori@lemmy.blahaj.zoneO [email protected]

        (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 PWA

        november@piefed.blahaj.zoneN This user is from outside of this forum
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        Firefox or Waterfox instead of Brave. Vivaldi's a good compromise if it has to be Chromium.

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        • ori@lemmy.blahaj.zoneO [email protected]

          (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 PWA

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          I would see if you’re able to actually uninstall or disable the Google apps. They’re likely to still grab info otherwise

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          • ori@lemmy.blahaj.zoneO [email protected]

            (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 PWA

            nathan@piefed.alphapuggle.devN This user is from outside of this forum
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            Netflix made the cut?

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            • november@piefed.blahaj.zoneN [email protected]

              Firefox or Waterfox instead of Brave. Vivaldi's a good compromise if it has to be Chromium.

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              I know that brave isn't good, can you just explain why?

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              • nathan@piefed.alphapuggle.devN [email protected]

                Netflix made the cut?

                ori@lemmy.blahaj.zoneO This user is from outside of this forum
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                πŸ˜žπŸ‘ (sadly yes)

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                  I would see if you’re able to actually uninstall or disable the Google apps. They’re likely to still grab info otherwise

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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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                  • ori@lemmy.blahaj.zoneO [email protected]

                    (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 PWA

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                    co maps over organic maps

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                    • ori@lemmy.blahaj.zoneO [email protected]

                      I know that brave isn't good, can you just explain why?

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                      This article explains it pretty good

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                      • ori@lemmy.blahaj.zoneO [email protected]

                        πŸ˜žπŸ‘ (sadly yes)

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                        Gotta sail the high seas, bud πŸ˜‰ FMHY and you'll be set.

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                        • ori@lemmy.blahaj.zoneO [email protected]

                          (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 PWA

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                          Nice, Jami. Have you been able to find anybody else who uses it?

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                          • ori@lemmy.blahaj.zoneO [email protected]

                            (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 PWA

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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?

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                            • ori@lemmy.blahaj.zoneO [email protected]

                              (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 PWA

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                              Not really imo,
                              however doing good taking small steps OP! πŸ™‚

                              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.

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                              • november@piefed.blahaj.zoneN [email protected]

                                Firefox or Waterfox instead of Brave. Vivaldi's a good compromise if it has to be Chromium.

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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.

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                                  Nice, Jami. Have you been able to find anybody else who uses it?

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                                  I've tried to use it but it's way too flaky. 😞

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                                  • rikj000@discuss.tchncs.deR [email protected]

                                    Not really imo,
                                    however doing good taking small steps OP! πŸ™‚

                                    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.

                                    ori@lemmy.blahaj.zoneO This user is from outside of this forum
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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

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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?

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                                      Parental controls, newpipe was an exception

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                                      • O [email protected]

                                        Nice, Jami. Have you been able to find anybody else who uses it?

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                                        I have only converted one friend and he only agreed because I mentioned the chat control. Everyone else went β€œOMG” and moved on with their lives. πŸ˜‚

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                                        • november@piefed.blahaj.zoneN [email protected]

                                          Firefox or Waterfox instead of Brave. Vivaldi's a good compromise if it has to be Chromium.

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                                          How about Librefox?

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