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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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submitted 4 days ago by mmattq@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Hi. I know the most privacy-oriented (and best-working) phone OS is GrapheneOS, but I was wondering about other, less well-known ones, such as VollaOS (modified Android), Sailfish OS or Ubuntu Touch. Are they private? Do they work? Can I run Android applications on them (VollaOS and SailfishOS) without too much effort? I like using Linux, but I rely on many Android apps, such as navigation, mobile banking, the Garmin app, and many others. Do you have any experience with these operating systems?

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[–] anon5621@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

We don't have on the market device which would sell witthout Google services by default just with aosp like linage .I wanna just phone with easy unlockable bootloader with aosp no google services(or If I wanna them install it in 3 clicks how it was implemented in the past for meizu phones and same way with 1 click install root ) and would not cost a lot (fairphone) I looked on aliexpress even there no such options they make phones but without opened bootloader

[–] jim3692@discuss.online 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why would a company sell such a device? Unless it's a privacy company, they will prefer to bloat the device with spyware in order to continue making money by selling user data.

[–] anon5621@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And how in the past companies was making money from producing phones in times of Nokia in 2008-2009 when there no good internet and no ability to spy on user

[–] jim3692@discuss.online 3 points 3 days ago

I talked about continuing to make money , after they sell the device. It's usually just more profitable for a company to not respect their users.

Most companies, if not all, can probably sustain one time payments, but investors prefer growth.

I wonder whether mobile device manufacturers get a cut from Google's spyware revenue.