BrilliantBadger

Years ago as I started research I literally laughed at loud at the thought of buying a google phone to.... Degoogle! Talk about an instant compromise of values! Haha! Then I saw the toxicity of the GOS devs & their fanz & that sealed the deal Best decision ever to run away from that group of nasties Ahhhhhh, the zen life

Clippy

Very cool indeed. Librewolf user and love it, but always need good options because you never know the future. Definitely be checking this one out. Cheers!

Legit concern & lots of good comments on the device side of things so I’ll just toss in that another perhaps far easier approach for fascist regimes would be to force telcos, ISPs to permit online access only once registered, similar to a hotel guest WiFi. Only of course more rigidly enforced & monitored. Thus removing the device itself from the equation, and using infrastructure as the chokepoint. Future generations are largely doomed by the apathy of the “we have nothing to hide” folks of today, or those who buy into the its “for the children” movement. Horrifying for the generations to come, as it all advances from multiple angles to 1984 reality

Legit concern , though why just Windows? Plausible its built right into the silicone of every device & unreliant upon an OS. Each country forcing manufacturers to build into the chipset whichever spyware they wish, registering each time its online.  Many different angles, but the end game is clear. Most folks will just willingly be onboard with it, its “for the children”, right? Aso long as they control the masses that’s really all that matters to them. You bring up a great concern, and the cat & mouse game needed for android phones today with privacy focused roms shows the challenges that only get harder the further it gets baked into the chipsets.

Nice. Similar, I got the N100 off the bay to give a try. VoLTE now works good in USA with Tello /Tmobile, at least in my area, that was certainly a show stopper for some time, huge win! Got OpenVPN working, uWolf runnng my NextDNS so can filter/watch the logs, MMS has some issues (only works with wifi disabled, but I think they have a fix coming), no RCS as you mention. As you say, not quite there, but good progress overall. Hope for continued progress, and love to see the many more posts on it than ever before! Using a privacy focused Android phone project for now, but long term the real answer is Linux or some other new project to tear away completely from Bigtechs dependency & stranglehold. Thanks for your adding development to the cause!