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[–] [email protected] 205 points 5 months ago (42 children)

I don't want a dumb phone. I want a circa 2014 smart phone that is not expected to replace my laptop and serve as a constant data stream for corporations. I want to be able to visit a website on my phone and not have it try to get me to download an app, be ads on 70% of the screen, or just be unreadable formatting. Let me call, text, do a basic online search, play a stupid flash game, and take my money. Stop being greedy and trying to make everything I do monetizable

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago (7 children)

I've already commented on other peoples comments but I'll say it again.

Lineage OS exists and works well with F-droid

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Sadly not compatible with everything, though. My phone is off the list ☹️

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I can't use my banking app on lineage and those wonderful folk at the bank have made it so that you cant confirm online purchases without.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

You have to make it pass safetynet. Iirc there's some magisk modules that let you do that

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