tavostatorDeGoogled phones, made in Europe: Fairphone, Volla, SHIFTphone, Punkt – a full review.
dieTasseI used CalyxOS on Fairphone (still waiting for the new one) and that was a good experience. I had completely degoogled main profile and then work profile with microG for things that doesn’t really work without google services or for apps that I simply needed but didn’t want running all the time. And the work profile was off most of the time. It was a good balance for me. Now I am waiting on LineageOS, but will jump on the CalyxOS bandwagon once they are back.
Also prior to CalyxOS I waited for any ROM, I had just pure FairphoneOS (just an android) and honestly, Fairphone should do something about their software because there were a lots of bugs, some were not solved for a long time and when custom ROMs became available, they were better tuned than the FairphoneOS. I mean seriously, good hardware bad software…
nshibjCalyxOS is great, I hope it comes back strong. If you want to try another degoogled OS based on Lineage with flexibility to install/uninstall any system app (like microG) and a built-in tracker and ad blocker I’d recommend IodéOS: iode.tech
I was looking at iodé several times in the past and I don’t know why but it doesn’t click with me. Maybe I will check it out again, but I somehow don’t trust it 😀 Maybe its the way they present themselves, if you look at the pages it looks like some company that is just trying to sell me stuff 😀 (well they actually do, one of the first things is “buy an iodé phone”).
Rene Raggl 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇬🇱@dieTasse Well, as you say un Germany: you cannot live from air and love alone, can you?
Let alone offer support, keep servers and development going, do marketing to get the word out etc. And relying on donations or kickstarters alone is perilous and exactly the reason why so many promising open source projects failed.
The only other option to get money is Angel VCs and there are preciously little of them to go around. And their involvement sparks distrust immediately. So...
Indeed, they sell phones with their OS preinstalled, but they also offer an open source OS for free for anyone to download an install. In the end they need some income, and I’d rather they sell phones (saving the user the trouble of installing another OS on their phones) than do it through ads or other ways that offer no value for a user.