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Thoughts on /e/OS vs Android on Fairphone? (feddit.org)

submitted 4 months ago by CountVlad47@feddit.org to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I recently got an e-mail from Fairphone that they will be ending support for Fairphone 3(+) in a couple of months and I'm thinking about getting a replacement with /e/OS installed on it instead of Android.

All the independent information I can find seems to be from two or three years ago, so I was wondering if anyone with recent experience or knowledge has any thoughts about it?

I'm not interested in recommendations for other operating systems as I'm only considering switching from Android because there is an option for it to come pre-installed on the latest Fairphone with the bootloader locked, which may solve a few headaches. I'd just like to know if /e/OS has any gotchas to be aware of and if Ecorp/Esolutions/Murena are considered to be reputable (i.e. they're not going to steal my data).

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[–] 7eter@feddit.org 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Daily driving /e/ since 4 years. The only gotchas for me are:

no NFC-Payment possible
some apps might not work with microG instead of proper play services. (FindMy, gMaps, even some non Google Apps like the StreetMeasure Plugin for StreetComplete)
The App-Store for Play-Store access is a bit cluncky. I have to reset the App data sometimes to get it to download stuff from PlayStore. I get most apps through Obtainium or Fdroid though.

For me those are fairly small gotchas in order to get a degoogled OS. Also you have easy control over which apps may use Google Push services and the possibility to turn on your Flashlight by long pressing the Power Button (Thanks to Lineage OS background) which is nice to have and not included in the Android Version of FP AFAIK.

[–] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

NFC payments are possible with Curve.

[–] MrWildBunnycat@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Can confirm. Have been using it for a while, works like a charm.