Limitations with using /e/ on FF3

[petefoth]

@desassossegos

Basically, my old Android phone broke and now I decided to get the Fairphone - that’s when I discovered that I can choose between a regular Android OS or the /e/ mobile OS.

I’m a UX designer, so it’s crucial for me to have access to a lot of common apps (also Whatsapp, Google, etc. even if I try to move away from it myself)

• Pretty much anything that is available in the Play store can be installed using either Aurora Store app (installed from /e/'s own ‘Apps’ app). Some are also available directly from ‘Apps’, but that app has been a bit flakey up to now (in my humble opinion). I have chosen to use only Aurora or F-Droid.
• WhatsApp definitely works.
• MicroG - the built-in alternative to Google’s Play Services - allows you to register and sign in to a Google account for any apps that need one.
• As someone who has done a little work in UI design, I find the UX of /e/'s Bliss launcher to be pretty unpleasant, though others seem to like it. I use either OpenLauncher or Lawnchair on my /e/ devices, which are both closer to the ‘standard’ Android Launcher and Homescreen.

Do you have any list of common apps that don’t work on /e/? Any other limitations that I have to expect?

See the first post in this thread, which contains (editable) lists of apps which do and do not work in /e/. It’s pretty new, and not exhaustive yet. Please do add to it: when you install an app that isn’t yet in either list, please add it to the relevant list.