Comment on Weather app asking for permission to manage calls

MonkeMischief@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• MaxVoltage@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Had to get a Gallery app from there last week

  gstore idea of gallery app is ads in your stolen pictures

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  • greencactus@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Seriously, is that how far we came?

    laughs in LineageOS

    But seriously folks, you can survive without Google Play Store. While it definitely is sometimes not easy and there are obstacles put in your way, after a certain time you learn to accommodate. And I have a peace of mind knowing that no one is selling my pictures to data foraging companies God knows where.

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    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      at this point you can get a pixel 6 (dunno about other models) and really easily unlock the bootloader and install lineageos, then with microg and aurora store you can install any apps you need from gplay, with an absolute bare minimum of proprietary code running on your phone and with most of the conveniences people expect.

      it’s amazing how little how you have to sacrifice.

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    • euphoric_cat@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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      • pizzawithdirt@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Why do you think LineageOS is way less secure?

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  • basxto@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Majority of the stuff there should be on play store too.

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• Emerald@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I open F-Droid like every week just to know what’s new. Found some cool apps that way. I’ll drop some recommendations here:

  Thumb-Key

  Quasseldroid

  QRAlarm

  Audile

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