[HN Gopher] /e/OS: A complete "deGoogled" mobile ecosystem
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/e/OS: A complete "deGoogled" mobile ecosystem
Author : gaws
Score : 38 points
Date : 2024-11-19 01:15 UTC (21 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (e.foundation)
(TXT) w3m dump (e.foundation)
| gnabgib wrote:
| Big in 2020 (320 points, 136 comments)
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25253129
|
| 2019 (190 points, 82 comments)
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19005903
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| 2018 (275 points, 183 comments)
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18521970
| lakomen wrote:
| The front page should clearly answer this question: Do Android
| apks run on it without downsides
| heartag wrote:
| Agree that the website should do this. But adding here that the
| answer is "Mostly, yes." e/os/ includes microg by default,
| which replaces some of the Google Services with open source
| implementations.
|
| https://doc.e.foundation/support-topics/guide-micro-g
| a96 wrote:
| AFAIK, the answer is more Yes than on most others. I might even
| guess second only to GrapheneOS.
| jqpabc123 wrote:
| I am responding using an old Motorola G4 Play (2016 vintage)
| running e/OS.
|
| The only software issue I have run across is a few highly
| security sensitive banking apps.
|
| The solution is to simply use the bank's web site which
| typically works just fine except for paper check deposit and
| who really needs that nowadays?
| pcdoodle wrote:
| Years back I decided it wasn't worth my time to check out because
| of the name alone. What do you search for when you need help?
| "/e/ boot looping?".
| poulpy123 wrote:
| I don't see your issue, "/e/os boot looping" works fine. I'm
| even surprised to not the usual LLM generated slop
| unethical_ban wrote:
| Can I install their apps on a Google/graphene device? Add their
| App Store to my phone?
| sandreas wrote:
| I've personally gone fully FOSS with my phone, using
| Aurelia - APP store Frontend Obtainium - APP manager
| Google Camera - with blocked network access Organic Maps -
| navigation K9 mail - email Koreader - epub reader
| Binary eye - barcodes PDF doc Scanner - scan to PDF
| Signal - messenger
|
| Everything i need ;) PDF doc Scanner
| hnaddict123 wrote:
| For a lay person, can someone elaborate how does a custom ROM
| like Lineage OS fare compared to eOS? Can it de de-Googled to the
| same extent? Or never.
| thrw42A8N wrote:
| With LineageOS it's not about degoogling, it's about not
| googling it - don't install the Google apps and services if you
| don't want them. You can use the same replacement as e/OS
| (MicroG).
| ahewett wrote:
| I truly truly wish you the best of luck in your futile endeavor.
|
| My wife HATES all her apple products but still won't switch.
| Similarly, while I love Macbooks, iPhones make me sick and
| developing for them is like Apple personally giving you (the dev)
| the middle finger every time there's an update.
|
| I don't know the solution. Wish I did. Wish the internet was as
| free and wild as it used to be. But you could have a foghorn go
| off on an iphone every 3 seconds and people still wouldn't
| switch.
| ahewett wrote:
| I know this article is about google but I only had a good Apple
| anecdote so there you are.
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