FediFollowsApr 11, 2023

#DeGoogling picks of the day:

@nextcloud - Create your own personal cloud

@peertube - Fediverse alternative to YouTube

@fdroidorg - FOSS alternative to Google Play

@openandroidinstaller - Makes it easy to install de-Googled Android ROMs

@microg - Develops FOSS alternatives to Google's Android services

@calyxos - De-Googled Android OS

De-Googled Email:
@hellomailo
@fastmail
@mailbox_org
@Tutanota
@thunderbird

De-Googled Android phones:
@iode
@volla
@e_mydata
@murena
@nitrokey

Show threadsbugApr 11, 2023
@FediFollows And of course @GrapheneOS ☺️
Show threadIslamic Audiobooks CentralApr 11, 2023
@sbug @FediFollows @GrapheneOS It has sandboxed Google Play services so not really degoogled. I love it btw.
Show threadGrapheneOSApr 12, 2023
@islamicaudiobooks @sbug @FediFollows That's not accurate. GrapheneOS doesn't come with sandboxed Google Play. It comes with a compatibility layer. Users need to choose to install sandboxed Google Play. None of that is included as part of GrapheneOS. Multiple of the operating systems listed above use Google services like default including /e/. /e/ includes substantial privileged access integrated into the OS for Google services too. GrapheneOS doesn't use Google services by default.
Show threadIslamic Audiobooks Central
@GrapheneOS @sbug @FediFollows Thanks for the correction. I also mistakenly understood that your apps are distributed through Google Play only but that's not the case!
Apr 12, 2023 at 11:48pmTusky
Show threadGrapheneOSApr 12, 2023
@islamicaudiobooks @sbug @FediFollows Our apps are provided via our app repository. There are alternate releases provided via the Play Store with a `.play` suffix at the end of the app id. For example, app.grapheneos.camera is provided via our app repository and included in GrapheneOS. app.grapheneos.camera.play is a separate release for the Play Store. It's important to keep them separate to avoid conflicts and so Play Store policy won't ever impact the apps we include in GrapheneOS.
Show threadIslamic Audiobooks CentralApr 12, 2023
@GrapheneOS @sbug @FediFollows Do you have an app repo link that F-Droid users on other phones can add?
Show threadGrapheneOSApr 13, 2023

@islamicaudiobooks @sbug @FediFollows We use our own modern app repository system, not F-Droid. F-Droid doesn't provide the security properties and a bunch of functionality we require. Our app repository client can be used on other Android 12+ operating systems. Android 11 is the oldest release of Android with security support so it won't be long until it supports all supported releases.

https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Apps/releases

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