How's it so far? Based on your experience, do you feel it gave you more benefits than a regular Pixel can give?

For someone who's only using apps from Fdroid and not signing in to Playstore, do you think it's worth the change?

P.S. I found GOS community in Lemmy but they seem to have disabled posting.

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[–] 4 points 1 day ago

Yes.

I have had some issues in the past with certain banking apps misbehaving (it took a long time and a lot of updates before Zelle was working, haven't gotten CashApp 100% yet). Android Auto was also touch-and-go to set up, and still has occasional weirdness. An occasional single-use app will not install correctly. Single-use apps (parking, restaurants, group activities, etc.) should not exist, but that's a different battle. Other than that, it's smooth sailing.

I do find that battery usage is improved, and there are lots of little ways to more easily see and change what apps are actually doing. As others have said, much of the benefit is invisible because it has better separation between apps, more privacy layers within apps, better exploit protection, no spying, etc.

It's absolutely a net positive in my life.

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