Thanks!

It might possibly build anyway even if support was dropped for newer versions. If themuppets repo is still around it makes it really pretty easy.

:O thanks so much!

No support, no apps, extremely limited. Only one good feature, windows phones had great cameras.

Dead?

I have /e/ on my Fairphone 5 and I like it well enough. I was looking for a degoogled European android ROM and it works OK for that. My banking apps etc. all work and I only occasionally have problems with apps relying too heavily on Google services and therefore not working.

They definitely have better integration with Murena services but I use Proton instead and I've not had a problem.

I've heard good things about iodé too.

I've heard they sell refurbished consumer devices with /e/.
They basically tried to recreate G-services (voluntary for users of course) in addition to providing the OS which is built from AOSP.
It worked well enough for me, like LTS LineageOS basically but I didn't care for the design so much.
But all my info is many years old.

OK, I've been planning to buy one of their devices so I'm very interested in such information. Where have you heard this? Do you have any sources you can point me to?

I know.

Of course I could, and that's how I'm doing it right now but I really don't want Google software on my daily driver phone at all if I can help it, y'know? I don't have to use the apps every day, just every now and then.

I am multiple months in so far and I have no real regrets. If you're someone who uses your phone for payments and you're in the US, proprietary apps are really your only option, though I can't speak to their functionality since I don't have Play apps installed in my main profile. That being said, many banking apps do work just fine, there are compatibility options for those that don't, and worst case scenario, you're stuck using a browser app.

The transit apps are a minor inconvenience for me. I only use them for travel when I have no other good options. My only real issue with them is I don't trust Google even with the sandbox. The apps require location to be on. I don't want Google to know my location, and even with the sandbox, I just can't have a full assurance that the info isn't somehow getting back to them through something the app itself is doing, even when the Play apps aren't allowed location access themselves. Disabling the network for the transit apps isn't possible, since how would it book the ride with the service, y'know? So I'm stuck with giving them limited access, which is the best I can do. Having a separate phone just gives me one more layer of abstraction and is a personal paranoia thing. The separate profile is fine. I just prefer that extra layer.