Im stuck with an s23 for a while yet. Is it even worth the trouble of trying to use f droid, shutting off google play services and disabling all the other shit on my phone, when at its core its all spyware?
I really wish an alternative existed that wasn’t just a prototype or $1000.
You sound not yet ready to unplug 😃
But to provide another perspective, havent used a Samsung phone for 10yrs. I generally buy a cheap phone with as little as possible preinstalled spyware. Except for browsing and messaging, every app I use daily comes from fdroid.
It’d be great but I have a technically inept social circle, and I travel so need all of those apps that come with that (turo, airline apps, lyft Uber, hotel keypad apps, hell to even start some of these damn new cars you need a phone)
And they NEED to work or youre stuck in an unknown place with nothing. They’ve really got us over a barrel there
If I stay in my basement and play with linux all day, sure I could go without all those apps. But thats not reality unfortunately.