I am looking for my next smart phone.
It seems like I will choose between a Fairphone 6 or Nothing 3 (or any other phone) How do these phones compare?
I am looking for my next smart phone.
It seems like I will choose between a Fairphone 6 or Nothing 3 (or any other phone) How do these phones compare?
If its only uses the Foss part of android you really don’t need google for updates. But it helps.
How does it receive security updates?
You write them yourself
You don’t think the devs that work on lineageOS (which is what iodesOS and /e/ is forked from) fork any code directly from google?
Yes of course. And now google have made it a bit harder to. Because they only release the source code when they release the new version.
But you are less dependent on google/manufacturer with an open source version of android, Then a closed version. And as far as I know fairphone also release drivers open source when possible ( sometimes its not allowed from the chip manufacturer side )
So atleast in theory you don’t need google for updates to your phone. But in reality much code will come from google.
So its stills matter that you can install an open source variant on your device.
My argument was and still is this:
I agree that using a “degoogled” ROM is better than using a version of android directly from Google. However, a new solution is required.
Anyone that actually wants to to be degoogled or boycott the US (which should be everyone that opposes fascism, including US citizens like me), should be considering phones that use an OS which isn’t derived from a company based in the US which profits off of war and the breaking of international law.
Yes I agree. I have a different reason for it but it would be good with more phone os;s.
But some other in this thread recommended Jolla. And I guess that’s an alternative. I think a android emulator is included but otherwise i think its based on Nokias old megoo OS. The new phone was announced after i bought my fairphone otherwise i probably had bought that.