Hey guys, it’s pretty much the tittle. I’ve been using Lineage with microg for a year now and despite using the majority of FOSS apps in my routine I still feel like I have to struggle to preserve my privacy and keep Google away from my data. Do you guys feel the same sometimes?
Every time I have to use a banking app is a pain …I kept changing banks to the ones who I could use with Magisk but every app update breaks my setup and I have to find a workaround or change to another app. I just quit using banking apps and passed them all to the wife.Now even home brokers have been blocking me asking to use a “official android version”
Today even a government app we must use to get access to services and information started complaining about my play store.
I self host a nextcloud service on my old desktop that serves as a server but every now and then the updates crash something. Sharing calendar and notes is too complicated if you don’t have a vps or a domain. I keep getting complains from the wife about how come I just don’t use google keep and Google drive anymore.
After a year I’m starting to think that maybe my data is not worth the hassle just to keep big tech out of my digital life… I guess Big Brother wins
What do you say? Am I too lazy or it is unpractical to stay away from big tech?
@fernandu00 I am out of #Google myself and my whole family too. I managed to replace all Google stuff with FOSS apps. I have a separate tablet for banking only which has all the usual Google setup but I use it like once a week to pay bills. For small daily banking I use Revolut.com - their app is working fine with all my degoogled devices - both rooted and unrooted. @protonprivacy services replace most of #Google apps that people use and the rest you can find on https://f-droid.org
Yeah I intend to buy a cheap android phone just to do banking …I guess that’s the easiest way to deal with this