Questions Before I Switch

Using /e/OS Setup
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Hello,

I am using a OnePlus 7 Pro on Lineage. I haven’t had any major problems, but I want more safeguards to get further away from Google. Before I switch, I want to ask a few questions, so here goes:

  1. I don’t want an iPhone. I bought an Android phone because I want Android. All the screenshots I have seen suggest that /e/ is built to look like iOS. I plan on using a custom launcher, but I am wondering if the iOS cloning stops once you leave the launcher, or if it follows you throughout the entire phone, and if so can you turn it off?

Edit: This does seem to only effect the launcher.

  1. Notifications have been the biggest deal. I have already given up Slack and ProtonMail notifications on Lineage, but are there any plans to build a way for apps to have notification support?

Edit: It looks like I can use MicroG to get notifications.

  1. Does /e/ require an account, or is it purely optional to enable support for things like calendar or email? What features do I gain/miss out on by creating (or not creating) an account?

Thanks in advance! I really appreciate what you guys are doing here, it is very important work and I am glad someone is doing it :slight_smile:

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  1. you can replace the launcher with any launcher you want.

  2. Notifications will work as same way as on LOS with MicroG

  3. No e-account is required

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Thanks! I am flashing now.

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good luck and I hope you will enjoy eOS

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Optional and useful.
Cloud storage (1 GB), online office (currently onlyoffice), SMS sync (some devices) and some other things

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Yeah it is amazing. I’ve been using it for the last 2 days now, basically the same experience as lineage with less g**gle crap.