Hello,
Apple fan boy for nearly 20 years, I’m about to make the leap to the Free side of the force.
After doing some research, /e/OS seems like a good option.
As you can imagine, I have a lot of questions, notably about the availability of certain apps (I live in Belgium) that are indispensable to me.
Hence my presence on this forum. A forum I’m going to start exploring…
@RudyP
There are only a few open source camera apps and they cannot use all the features of a Pixel 7 camera. In general, the higher the quality of the stock Android camera app, the more features you will have to do without.
It is easy for you to link the apps you use from the Play Store. I first have to search around and, as with ING for example, note that there are country-specific variants. Please also put some effort into your question.
@RudyP
I understand that you want to know whether your indispensable applications also work on Android. But if I’m already using a degoogled operating system like /eOS, I should also make sure that the additionally installed apps are “clean”.
However, the three apps I analyzed above are not “clean”. So I would ask myself, can I prevent or at least restrict this data transfer to third parties without the apps losing their functionality (through tracker blockers, firewalls)?
A degoogled OS is of little use if the additional apps installed by the user “phone home”.
I totally understand the importance of having a clean system and therefore clean apps.
That’s what /e/OS is all about and that’s why I’m interested in it…
For example, if it’s not possible to have banking apps, it’s less practical but not too annoying, as operations can be carried out on the web.
On the other hand, if the transport app (SNCB for the train) isn’t ok, that’s more of a problem. My type of subscription is only available via the app. If I don’t have the app, I can’t take the train! Which, in itself, is completely crazy and makes owning a smartphone compulsory… but that’s another story
Thanks in any case for your time