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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 (waag.social)
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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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[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

me installing whatever .apk's I want liberally.

Not sure what the issue is -.-

I also enjoy browsing with Firefox+UBlock and a custom DNS.

Can apple users use/edit a custom DNS on their device directly even??

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

They are stuck using only WebKit and glorified wrappers and its limitations. On that Android is better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Apparently, but whenever I've tried it hasn't seemed to worked.