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F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.

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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] 10 points 7 months ago

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.