BrilliantBadger

Good article. Have used e/OS for quite some time and it’s excellent, just as IodeOS is. Not perfect for all, but every app I needed worked without issues, while blocking most if not all of known trackers.

Using these phones is also just as importantly about educating ourselves & changing some of our habits. Using the privacy tools, Exodus and such, find yourself making better educated decisions in all things privacy, almost instinctual over time. And across platforms.

Was quite infuriating to see one of my banking apps use so many trackers. But at least now they are blocked. Other apps you begin to weed out and switch to FOSS alternatives as you can. For some apps infested but service occasionally needed, switched to just using a browser and DNS filtering service like NextDNS.

It’s of course a cat & mouse game, Davids against the bigtech Goliath megabucks with effectively government power & policy control.

Appreciate the great work of Gael and others, they are all needed as we find our new way forward.

Started with Niagara so many years ago, never thought I could find a suitable open alternative then joyfully discovered Olauncher been using that for long time. Phone without icons is pure bliss, elegance and far easier to use/find apps