/e/OS Is Better Than Android. You Should Try It

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Even if you aren’t technically inclined, this privacy-first mobile operating system helps you escape surveillance capitalism. (...)

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One project that has created a great user experience on top of AOSP is /e/OS. For the past six months, I've used nothing else, and I am here to say that the world of Android alternatives has never been better. If you're looking to get out of the Google box, come on in, the water's fine. (...)

While Android is open source, Google has taken a page from the Microsoft playbook of old and uses things like its “Play Integrity” APIs to ensure that apps will only work with Google's version of Android. This way Google can wave the open source flag while effectively preventing downstream forks from working. (...)

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