• Fuck_u_spez_@lemmy.worldOP
      43·
      10 months ago

      Almost an oxymoron at this point but it’s free with a Pixel phone so I had to at least try it and see how bad it is. Privacy issues aside… it’s down all the damn time.

        • Pantherina@feddit.de
          10·
          10 months ago

          Yeah remove that Pixel bullshit and install GrapheneOS please.

          Use MullvadVPN or anything else with an actual FOSS app.

          • Gooey0210
            4·
            10 months ago

            Tailscale’s android client should be foss

            Wireguard is foss

            Outline is foss damn, it’s nodr vpn

            So, some of the apps from the screenshot are legit

          • AbackDeckWARLORDEnglish
            14·
            10 months ago

            Only bad part about graphene is that you can’t use google pay

                • HumanPersonEnglish
                  3·
                  10 months ago

                  I use grapheneos and from what I can tell they are wrong. It has NFC support but google pay requires additional permissions and has not been implemented yet. I think other NFC payment apps work but I don’t know much about that.

                • Pantherina@feddit.de
                  2·
                  10 months ago

                  Oh pay yeah this requires Google Play Integrity API verification I think.

                  So it will never work on non Google certified Operating Systems

          • MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world
            1·
            10 months ago

            Could you explain what you didn’t like about Graphene in detail?

            Do you run Google services on Lineage? The last time I read about it, it was a massive pain with LSPosed and a bunch of modules.

            • ☭ SaltyIceteaMaker ☭@iusearchlinux.fyi
              4·
              10 months ago

              I don’t run google services but afaik there is just an extra zip called “gapps.zip” that you flash after lineage itself

              My problem was a lack of freedom: i couldn’t change some settings that i wanted and also i couldn’t give gadget bridge the necessary permissions to function properly. I need gadget bridge for my pine time smart watch

              • HumanPersonEnglish
                2·
                10 months ago

                I use gadgetbridge on grapheneos with my pinetime. You need to enable restricted settings for gadgetbridge which is annoying but then it works.

              • MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world
                1·
                10 months ago

                Are you running the version of Lineage with GMS installed, perchance? Lineage doesn’t bundle GMS by default which makes it somewhat painful to get things working (especially since SafetyNet is deprecated, that was the last technology I had read about a while back).

                Thanks for the input on Graphene

                • ☭ SaltyIceteaMaker ☭@iusearchlinux.fyi
                  1·
                  10 months ago

                  Currently im not using any google services except vanced microg i currently plan on using the proper microg to get google play working. Afaik there is a “LineageOS for MicroG” but not sure wether that’s official or even up to date.

                  Also “you can’t just say perchance!”