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Post #2123080

2026-05-03 20:13 UTC

Made the mistake of updating my iPhone and getting presented with their age verification bullshit - guess who’s in the market for a non-Apple phone now - suggestions please.

Replies (12)

  • @megalomaniac@mastodon.me.uk 2026-05-03 20:53

    Cancelled all my App Store Subs immediately - fuck you Apple and your kowtowing to gov.uk’s reactionary think of the children privacy invading fascistic bollocks.

    Open ##2167117

  • @megalomaniac Personally, I am content with a Pixel running GrapheneOS. Graphene is, to my mind, the best if the Android-based options today. But I would prefer not to use Android at all, which is a work in progress.

    Open ##2167119

  • @linuxandyarn@hachyderm.io 2026-05-03 20:25

    @megalomaniac I've successfully ignored Google asking for me to add a birthday to my account for two years or more. Android has nagged, but not yet tried to enforce it.

    Open ##2167130

  • @peterbrown@mastodon.scot 2026-05-03 21:15

    @megalomaniac I hope my phone doesn’t do that.

    Open ##2167137

  • @tom@epsom.social 2026-05-03 21:31

    @megalomaniac I'm _really_ hoping the @jolla phone I preordered isn't shit.

    Open ##2167140

  • @howtophil@mastodon.social 2026-05-03 23:24

    @megalomaniac Something running or capable of running Graphene OS?

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  • @mra@mathstodon.xyz 2026-05-04 01:29

    @megalomaniac i use a pixel running graphene and have been quite happy with it. used pixels should be relatively easy to come across, and iirc the older ones are pretty good when it comes to stuff like battery replaceability

    Open ##2167142

  • @cyberlyra@hachyderm.io 2026-05-04 02:08

    @megalomaniac Say more about what you need from a phone. Must it be a smartphone? What kind of access to apps etc do you need? (Yes if you're in the UK, you can run Sailfish, and their new phone is coming out this summer)

    Open ##2167144

  • @megalomaniac phone wise I'm very happy with the #Fairphone5 I have. Now they have a partnership with @murena and you can get their phones with the de-googled /e/OS which I will for sure do next phone (some years from now because the current one is going so strong). Quick note though: I have not tried nor fully researched /e/OS or how it compares to other OSs but it appears capable of running many banking apps (what makes breaking out most difficult for me).

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  • @megalomaniac wife got it yesterday, I didn’t realise you had to be over 18 to own a mobile phone?!? 😡

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  • @danielquinn@mastodon.social 2026-05-04 18:02

    @megalomaniac @Fairphone is the shit. I won't recommend anything else.

    Open ##2167148

  • @aurochs@todon.eu 2026-05-05 13:46

    @megalomaniac Pfff... fairphone. Im so happy.

    Open ##2167149