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[–] 19 points 8 months ago* (6 children)

Made the jump last week.

The only thing I miss is Android Pay, but it's not a big deal. Cards are fine, you'll just need to remember your wallet.

I did find I had a problem with my work 2FA app, but that's their problem to solve, not mine. Maybe they'll give me a 2FA USB key.

A few pieces of advice:

  • Don't forget to back up any apps with local data that support it. You won't get your app data back from the play store. Many FOSS apps have built-in backup optioms to files etc.
  • Back up your phone logs and SMS if that's valuable to you, and ideally make sure the backup works on another device.
  • Install GCam to keep the same level of camera quality and features as the original app provides. I recommend BigKaKa's versions for good compatibility with Pixels, though they can get a little cluttered.
  • Do install both the Play Store and Play Services if you want to use any Google app like YouTube or Maps (even some non-Google ones will need it). Then use a more private app store like Aurora and remove all permissions from the Play Store to strike a good middle-ground.
  • The Fossify apps are great alternatives to the imo not very good stock apps preinstalled on LineageOS.
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  • Do install both the Play Store and Play Services if you want to use any Google app like YouTube or Maps (even some non-Google ones will need it). Then use a more private app store like Aurora and remove all permissions from the Play Store to strike a good middle-ground.

    I unfortunately use play services on both my main profile and gaming profile (I had to make a seperate non Premission Manager X profile to be able to play games), but if you're smart like Veronica in her GrapheneOS video, you can do a degoogled profile and a sandboxed profile!

    If I could convince my family to contact me through Signal/Molly rather than Google Messages, maybe I could go completely degoogled on one profile. But alas.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I feel like the tap pay would be what I miss most, but I saw someone suggest just getting a case that can hold your payment card, and it's essentially the same thing.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Be careful with having your card exposed; there exists a scam where someone puts a chip reader waist level in certain places, like a crowded line, where it'll skim off a few dollars off anyone who gets close enough. The rfid blocking cards work well (just do a bit of research, lots of sham ones out there), it also looks like there's some options for rid blocking phone wallets too.

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