I currently use an iPhone, but given the recent attacks made by the US president and members of his administration on my country (tariffs, annexation threats,etc) I am loathe to support any company based out of that nation any longer. Obviously I know that it is likely impossible to get a functional mobile experience with zero US corporate involvement, but what is the least possible I could do and still be practical? A degoogled fair phone device? Something Chinese running a custom rom like lineage os?

I want to sell my iPhone and Apple Watch ASAP and get something that won’t have my sending money to the US via my app purchases (store cut), monthly services (iCloud), and my data being used/sold.

Thanks!

  • UlrichEnglish
    4•16 hours ago

    OP mentioned store or inapp purchases plus cloud subscription.

    I mean they could simply…stop doing that?

    noone knows what apple is doing with it

    I assume nothing until proven otherwise, considering we know for a fact that any other device is going to be sending a plethora of data for Google to monetize.

    • @strict0768English
      2•12 hours ago

      Another comment mentioned GrapheneOS.

      • UlrichEnglish
        0•12 hours ago

        Even Graphene is nigh-unusable without Google services.

        • @strict0768English
          1•27 minutes ago

          Well, it is if you depend on google services. But you don’t have to.

        • KevinEnglish
          2•12 hours ago

          I use GrapheneOS without Google services and the only issue I have to work around is Slack notifications. Everything else is fantastic.