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my last android didn’t have it preinstalled
Which one was that?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Android_smartphones
Which carrier?
The freedom of Android means that there are tens of thousands of variations of devices / os versions / carriers all with different states of being close or far to vanilla and being more or less locked down. There’s a reason Graphene only officially supports Pixels.
want my social security number while we’re at it?
one of them.
Neither did mine... But it's got Google all up in it.
yes well google makes android, facebook owns whatsapp….
if you want to fully degoogle your android you have to root it and install a different ROM….
nothing to do with whatsapp though
Right, I was just saying I've never had meta on here. And id like to get rid of Google too but... Pixel 9 😅
Pixels are the best phones to change ROMs (it's peculiar but it's true). Take a look at GrapheneOS. I'm running it on a Pixel 7 Pro and all my apps work.
Huh, that is surprising. Lol well cool then!
It's very easy.
i mean, Android is made by google….
but i think the pixel is particularly well supported by 3rd party roms…
seems doable: https://xdaforums.com/f/google-pixel-9.12879/
banking apps and some others don’t like if your phone is rooted though…
Thanks, I'll have to look deeper into it.
I'm not just talking about the apps that can be accessed via the launcher. But also other services/modules that cannot be accessed via the launcher.
well a claim like that deserves a source
Oh yes, of course, if you want to completely prevent communication to Meta with a customized host file, you can't avoid root or a solution that then sets up a local VPN so that it can be blocked, but then no other vpn is functional.
Meta services is a dependency for fb messanger. But can be uninstalled with adb or canta
Yes ok that may be with ADB I won't deny that. Never looked if that was enough because I rooted for other things anyway and then uninstalled it.
I have to admit that I hadn't thought of solutions like shizuku, which should make the whole thing more convenient with ADB
Lol there was...