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Comment by wraptile

15 days ago

> Better totally leave Android.

to where? Everything else is either worse or non even remotely close to matching Android's features and accessibility.

You got to take a small toll on comfort if you want anything not backed by a huge evil corporation to have a chance.

Before it was Linux and now it's Ubuntu Touch, sure it's not perfect but it's a very much usable system which needs more people to try it out as their daily driver. I made the shift a month or so ago because I don't want to have to choose between two evils.

  • How can I use an OS that's not iOS on Android as a daily driver? 99% of what I do on my phone is chat to my friends and pay for things, which I won't be able to do at all with the free OSes. I might as well go without a phone at that point.

    • I guess the offered way for problematic apps is Waydroid? I'd be interested to hear how that works in practice.

    • What's the problem? Use Ubuntu Touch with Waydroid and install the WhatsApp apk, or Signal, or whatever else.

      You don't need to be using Android to run Android apps.