Billy BrawnerI'm only on day 2 of using #RattlesnakeOS and this is turning out to be a bit harder than I thought. I love the idea that I can install apps directly from FDroid, and that pretty much nothing on my phone is spying on me anymore. I can't really confirm it but I think my battery is lasting a tad bit longer too. Makes sense since none of the Google stuff is running in the background. Unfortunately that's about all the good things I have to say about it.
I just had to use Uber's web app and dear god it's such a piece of shit. I also have to use the mobile web app versions of my banking apps, which is challenging to say the least, and I do really miss the quality of the photos from the stock Pixel camera. I didn't think I used my phone all that much but I'm finding that I use it for a surprising amount of my day-to-day activities and unfortunately rely on a lot of proprietary software.
While I'd very much like to get away from the proprietary crap, I don't think going cold-turkey is going to work for me. I probably need to make a few lifestyle changes first, like buying a car so I don't need Uber, and getting into a habit of paying with cash so I don't need to constantly check my banking accounts, but I'll need a little time to make the transition. I think the pragmatist in me is going to win out for now.
I really hate web apps in general, but I do like the idea of keeping them sandboxed in their own little environment, so maybe once they get a bit better, I can give this another shot even without making any lifestyle changes, and then do any real computing with native apps on my FOSS phone. It seems as if we're moving towards a cloud-first future anyways, so that reality probably isn't too far off.