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>>984984 (OP)

Is it so hard to open up a search engine and enter the query "mobile OSs" or something more specific? Anyways try Lineage

>>984993

All the results from articles as far back as 5 years ago list the same 4-6 Linux forks. Is there anything that isn't going to be borked by the upcoming lawsuit?

>>985012

You glow too much

>>985024

>You glow too much

>>985012

>If you want to remove the bawt net then you wouldn't be using a Smartphone to begin with.

He's not wrong.

If your concern is privacy, LineageOS is a decent choice: it is Android cleansed of Google's data collecting.

>>985027

>it is Android cleansed of Google's data collecting.

No its not, where does this retarded notion come from? Its not even close to the truth. LineageOS' aim is not privacy, it's aim is to provide a bloatware-free rom that's stable and has the latest security updates. The only reason they don't include Gapps by default is because Google forced them not to for licensing reasons. The OS still relies on all the original OEM driver blobs including RIL. It's a great ROM for stability, security, and in terms of overall user experience and responsiveness vs stock, but please do not spread disinformation.

>>985034

lol, Lineage even ships with Google Chrome as browser by default.

I think anon meant Replicant

As >>985012 said, lack of standards makes the task almost impossible.

Consider this, modern smartphones do not have a standardized boot sequence nor a standardized device discovery sequence, even when they run the same Os and are made by the same company.

Use the microG fork of Lineage. Significantly less botnet

>>985012

It's true. Cellphones are botnet by definition, transmitting your location with higher accuracy with every new network standard.

Smartphones are a double edged sword, on the one hand there‘s an immense amount of sensors and usage data being collected, but unlike with feature phones at least encrypted communication is possible.

>>985155

>Smartphones are a double edged sword, on the one hand there‘s an immense amount of sensors and usage data being collected, but unlike with feature phones at least encrypted communication is possible.

Wait!

If I'm understanding this correctly, then smartphones are the most "secure and private" any generation of cellular phone produced to date, and the only reason why they are the least private means of communication is due to companies wanting that botnet money and/or the lack of a standardized model of development?

That makes it seem like Steve Jobs wasn't a sell out.

>>985180

I miss Steve Jobs

>>984984 (OP)

There's MeeGo and SailfishOS, both not based on Android.

>>985184

MeeGo is discontinued and Sailfish OS is more or less dead (The only devices that shipped with it are the phone from 2013, over 5 years ago, and their tablet, which as been officially discontinued).

Reminder that Ubuntu Touch is officially undead and that Plasma Mobile is still being developed.

PureOS ftw

Smartphones are botnet. No way around it.

No matter what user facing OS you run on top you still have zero control over the baseband OS.

>>985206

SailfishOS has been ported to numerous devices and is still in development.

>>985390

Proofs? Both their flagship devices are discontinued IIRC

>>985433

https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris

>>985452

Yeah :^)