Our smartphones, operating systems and apps are dominated by Google & Apple. “[…] these two Silicon Valley profit-driven companies decide which apps are or aren’t allowed, and moderate what our mobile software looks like.” says @danlammerhirt from @waag working on the Mobifree project (together with a.o. @efoundation @fdroid @NGIZero @murena @microg @delta
https://waag.org/en/article/why-smartphones-are-key-better-internet/
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and if you want to be taken seriously you should rethink your sentences. similar arguments can be made about Apple, that they for example are one of the only players out there (along with Mozilla) to provide an alternate rendering engine. google’s control of the internet is hugely impacted by chrome and android is one of the pillars of that foundation.
Point is, they both have issues but to some (myself included) I do believe that my privacy and security is better served by Apple, despite the walled garden.
Pick your poison.
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Well, this is a mature reply. Have a good one.
The problem is that android is tried heavily to proprietary google software
You can still install a ROM ungoogled. It’s like https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/issues/3872, Google trying to shut down Invidious, but they can’t. Don’t let big tech fool you, there is freedom, you just need to be educated to those tools.