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1. rkager+DA[view] [source] 2025-08-25 21:32:54
>>kotaKa+(OP)
I've grown increasingly hateful towards both my Android and iOS devices over the last decade. The platforms themselves are increasingly user-hostile, and their appstores are crammed full of shitty, privacy-invading, telemetry-hoovering, dopamine-triggering, ad-filled, lipstick-covered apps that are often garbage compared to the pioneering days of mobile. I miss the days of my old Palm Pilot.

Is anyone working on fixing this? We can do so much better.

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2. miloig+aC[view] [source] 2025-08-25 21:42:44
>>rkager+DA
GrapheneOS + F-Droid is a joy to use, for me. I'm kinda shocked when I use anyone else's phone, now.

If they start selling their own devices, I will buy one and (assuming it turns out how I hope it will) recommend it strongly.

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3. petral+vD[view] [source] 2025-08-25 21:50:19
>>miloig+aC
How do you access banking and other sensitive apps? If the answer is, you don't, well, you can see how that's a non starter for the vast majority of people.
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4. anticr+WM[view] [source] 2025-08-25 22:44:46
>>petral+vD
Most banking app work, either directly or with a settings change to allow Google Play Service emulation. [1]

[1] https://grapheneos.org/usage#banking-apps

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