I assume everyone on Lemmy uses GrapheneOS on a Pixel 7 or LineageOS flashed onto a LG Tribute with zero Google apps, and everything backed up via nextcloud running on a headless Debian Raspberry Pie?

I’m just a scrub using stock Android. Am I the only one?

  • spacemanspiffyEnglish
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    22 hours ago

    Nope.

    Well, I don’t use any banking apps, personally. My understanding is that they don’t work under Waydroid.

    Other Android apps mostly work fine in Waydroid, so long as they don’t need access to GPS or camera to work properly.

    I removed Waydroid a while back, though, as I only needed it for one app and Waydroid took up almost 1/3 of the storage on the phone. It just wasn’t worth it, and I am happier to be rid of the Android ecosystem anyways.

    I should mention that the Linux phone life is NOT for everyone.

    I should also mention that battery life is still not anywhere close to competitors. Camera is meh but improves with updates.

    For my use cases (Phone/SMS/MMS, Lemmy, Mastodon, and a few other apps), it works totally fine and has proven to be reliable enough for almost 3 years. It gets better with age due to updates.