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I used to love Android but I want to move, and I don't know if it's the right thing. (lemm.ee)

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I was an iOS supporter until iphone 5 then I discovered the beauty and freedom of Android.

To this day with Samsung s22+

But currently I am a bit tired, there is no android phone that I am passionate about, oneplus has given me nothing but problems, Samsung with exynos is a disaster (not to mention the new blockages at sideload and the green stripes on the display), I don't even want to go near all the other Chinese brands, and Nothing is not what it promised to be.

I want to go back to iOS but there are a few things holding me back:

how can sideload be managed on iOS? Are there modified apps like youtube, reddit?
I follow a lot of NSFW channels on telegram, discord and reddit itself, are there any problems on iOS? are there ways around this? (my girlfriend has iOS, and every time I want to forward an nsfw gif she doesn't see it)
surf the sea, is it complex on ios? Especially in terms of gaming?

TBH only yt, nsfw and modded apk keep me on android. Thanks a lot in advance

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Sideloading apps on iOS has gotten a lot easier. I use sideloadly. It has to connect to your computer (wirelessly) once a week but does this automatically in the background. I’m still running Apollo, the best Reddit iOS app this way.

I have YT premium through Sri Lanka for $3/mo. Sponsorblock works in safari.

ROM apps like delta are in the App Store now. I have no idea about phone gaming otherwise.

Never ran into any content filtering.

If your gf uses iOS try it out there first and see how you like it.

New iPhones release on a pretty strict schedule each September so even if you don’t want the new model best to wait for older ones to be discounted.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Uuh. I wouldn't do it. As far as I know iOS is still pretty locked down and that won't change.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

On mobile you have 4 choices :

Stock Android, the worst you can get, simply not use it
iOS, as worst as android but with better UI
Degoogled Android, good choice, avail able on many devices 👍
Linux phones, the best but in early development and only available on some devices only

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

The telegram thing is caused by telegram itself

iirc the play store version of telegram is the same as the App Store version, but on android maybe you downloaded it directly from the telegram website (?)

Anyway, safety filter can be disabled

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

If you feel like tinkering and walking around with a brick, you can try a DIY raspberryPi Phone - https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-smartphone-ourphone

https://github.com/evanman83/OURS-project

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Welcome to Linux for Mobile.
The next generation OS for keeping your smartphone private and your conversations (kinda) secure.

It's "next generation", because we probably won't have a good enough solution in the lifetime of the current generation's people.

But if you have both: enough money to buy an extra fairphone for testing and the time and ability to program drivers, please consider it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

As much as I love Linux for mobile idea, it doesn't have a lot of apps that people rely, like banking or government related stuff.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I am a desktop person.
My main reasons for using a smartphone instead of a phone, are:

GPS Maps. This is something I most probably won't be able to contribute to, while at the same time, I need it a lot.
UPI (Unified Payments Interface). I can manage with paper money, but this is just too useful. If Linux mobile were to pick-up, I think I could manage to get it supported by the Govt.
WhatsApp, because no matter how much I don't want to, others, including workplace teammates, will make that a requirement.

Until these requirements are met, I will associate Linux mobile with words like, "next" and "tomorrow".

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago

Fairphone 4 with eOS, escaping Google and Apple's duopoly is quite liberating and not as hard as I thought it would be. Yeah, eOS is technically Android, but deGoogled.

https://e.foundation/

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