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~tetris

Yeah, I don't think I could ever truly "degoogle" myself, as I have banking/travel apps dependent on the GSF, as well as whatsapp which my family continues to insist on using.

So what I do is I have an old phone handed to me from my mother, running LineageOS with some microg apps, loaded with the above apps so that I'm not disconnected from the world. That phone lies on a shelf and never leaves the house. I just check on it from time to time.

Then I have my daily phone, this is completely just LineageOS + F-droid apps, no GSF, no tracking (afaik). I love this phone, it has my Anki, Element, Orgzly, Syncthing, PianoOli, OSMand, and other apps I love. I take this phone everywhere, such is my trust in it.

But it *is* a google phone still, it *does* still phone home to base, as do all phones based on the AOSP. That's why I'm trying to move away from it. I will likely lose the mentioned apps in the process, but maybe there are alternatives on the openapp store that are decent-enough alternatives.

As far as I'm aware, you can still emulate beloved GSF-free android apps on the pinephone with Anbox, though I've heard its super slow. Nonetheless, maybe its usable enough.

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