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[–] RooPappy@kbin.social 35 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (12 children)

Big fucking sigh. I've been an Android user since the T-mobile G1, and I have ferociously defended the platform against iPhone for that entire time.

Is there a 3rd option? Or do I have to learn to love the enemy? I won't be a part of the problem with privacy just because I'm too lazy to change.

[–] BaldDude@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Honourable mention for Sailfish OS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailfish_OS

The commercial version comes with an android emulator.

It's not recommended for non-technical people, it sometimes crashes, it has random bugs that will drive you insane, and currently the weather app can't connect to the service that provides the weather data.

But:

The people making it are not seeing you as the product and you will be free of all the bullshit.

..... and i love it :)

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