Hopefully within 2026 we can start to refer to phones as ‘Android/Google Phones’, ‘iPhones’ and ‘FOSS Phones’ -
No longer referring to them as ‘DeGoogled’.
But I am 100% understanding why we use the term now, it came from a Reddit sub. I think (and hope) if we start using the alternative term - FOSS Phones or Open Source or Sailfish/Jolla or whatever else they are… that people will start looking at that option quicker.
DeGoogled sounds to many like it is a bit of work to get rid of google (Buying a google phone and having to remove it). At one stage that was true, custom roms etc.
But I am hoping at this stage anyone buying any of these phones will already know why they are choosing them over other brands.
Hopefully within 2026 we can start to refer to phones as ‘Android/Google Phones’, ‘iPhones’ and ‘FOSS Phones’ - No longer referring to them as ‘DeGoogled’.
But I am 100% understanding why we use the term now, it came from a Reddit sub. I think (and hope) if we start using the alternative term - FOSS Phones or Open Source or Sailfish/Jolla or whatever else they are… that people will start looking at that option quicker.
DeGoogled sounds to many like it is a bit of work to get rid of google (Buying a google phone and having to remove it). At one stage that was true, custom roms etc.
But I am hoping at this stage anyone buying any of these phones will already know why they are choosing them over other brands.