I just bought a new smartphone. It's a bit of fidgeting away from obsoleting our IPhones and Samsungs. For 120 euros, and some tech skills you get a lot of value.
this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2025
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i run a degooged os with sandboxing for any play service dependencys on a librephone. 100/10 would recommend for people who want an adless secure forward phone.
Heck ye! I'm planning a step further: I won't be installing any google services. Turns out nothing I use depends on them
Fdroid is a pretty good source of apps that don't use any Play Services APIs.
Yuz, I've got it! I like it better than google's thing, it doesn't spam me with random crap
I aswell can rep for F-droid. the only thing i use google play for rn is my android auto(wip) and doordash (shopping for my grandma)
Also gotta reccomend GraphineOS for phone, I really like how it handles sandboxing and compartmentaliztion.
Sandboxing is cool, but I think isolation should be the default, not the exception. I'm planning to put all (non system critical) apps in userspace and make the default permissions limited
Had there even been a substantial enough improvement to justify buying a new phone in the last 5 years?
Not really. Only if you don't receive security updates anymore.
Cameras and game performance are about the only things for most people.
My phone died, so I got a flagship phone for once in my life. Got one with really good cameras with the intention of running it till it dies. Plus I absolutely love the stylus it comes with. I had the money, so it's not a financial burden.
I keep phones for like 6-8 years lol. Had my iphone 4s well past the support date lol. Same with my 6. Now on Android, first with a budget one that died, now with a nice one I hope to get many years out of.