still better than ios lol

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[–] [S] 56 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I'm an /e/os user and all I can say is even though it sucks the least among its competition, it STILL SUCKS! Not to downplay the immense effort put in by the devs and maintainers of course. Providing a privacy-respecting phone OS to ordinary people isn't just a good deed, it's necessary for a vibrant and diverse digital society. But still, we can all strive for better.

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    The complaints I see about custom OS the most:

    • Bank or payment apps don't work due to Play Integrity API (blame Google)
    • Some other Google apps don't work correctly (well... duh)
    • Obscure functionality that is usually overlooked or intentionally ignored, but is a complete dealbreaker for that user.
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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    My banking app works on GrapheneOS. It didn't even need any of the compatibility settings to be turned. My experience has been smoother than the Android shipped with the device. I barely use Google apps apart from yt and haven't found any obscure issues yet. Is GrapheneOS just really good compared to others or did I get lucky with my bank and the features I use?

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    They're pretty common and the functionality is often not even obscure. Plenty of ROMs out there are unable to make full use of the fancy cameras on some phones without jumping through hoops because of driver issues. That's not an insignificant thing. I've seen NFC and e-sim being unavailable as well, which are also not very obscure features.

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