E Foundation – deGoogled unGoogled smartphone OS and online services
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Re: E Foundation – deGoogled unGoogled smartphone OS and online services
#2I've been using /e/ as my primary smartphone for a couple months now. It's certainly usable: The experience is more pleasant and integrated than stock LineageOS + MicroG, but there's still quite a few rough edges.
I hope they can make a go of it, but I think it'll take adoption by a deep-pocketed sponsor (Samsung? Huawei? The German government?) before it would be polished enough to be a real contender for non-technical users.
But I do think the idea of an Android fork that maintains some compatibility with existing apps is more likely to find success than something like Sailfish OS, that's entirely distinct.
Re: E Foundation – deGoogled unGoogled smartphone OS and online services
#3I've been using /e/ as my primary smartphone for a couple months now. It's certainly usable: The experience is more pleasant and integrated than stock LineageOS + MicroG, but there's still quite a few rough edges. I hope they can make a go of it, but I think it'll take adoption by a deep-pocketed sponsor (Samsung? Huawei? The German government?) before it would be polished enough to be a real contender for non-techni…
How well does it work with Waze? That is the only app keeping me on stock Android.
Re: E Foundation – deGoogled unGoogled smartphone OS and online services
#4I new about the project, but I haven't found anything about the accessibility there. Does anyone has any info?
Re: E Foundation – deGoogled unGoogled smartphone OS and online services
#5I've been using /e/ as my primary smartphone for a couple months now. It's certainly usable: The experience is more pleasant and integrated than stock LineageOS + MicroG, but there's still quite a few rough edges. I hope they can make a go of it, but I think it'll take adoption by a deep-pocketed sponsor (Samsung? Huawei? The German government?) before it would be polished enough to be a real contender for non-techni…
Care to elaborate on the "rough edges"? Is it a reliable day to day phone?
Re: E Foundation – deGoogled unGoogled smartphone OS and online services
#6I've been using /e/ as my primary smartphone for a couple months now. It's certainly usable: The experience is more pleasant and integrated than stock LineageOS + MicroG, but there's still quite a few rough edges. I hope they can make a go of it, but I think it'll take adoption by a deep-pocketed sponsor (Samsung? Huawei? The German government?) before it would be polished enough to be a real contender for non-techni…
How well does it work with Waze? That is the only app keeping me on stock Android.
I haven't tried Waze. The (nonfree) mapping app it ships with works pretty well, as does Maps.me (frontend to OSM data).
Re: E Foundation – deGoogled unGoogled smartphone OS and online services
#7I've been using /e/ as my primary smartphone for a couple months now. It's certainly usable: The experience is more pleasant and integrated than stock LineageOS + MicroG, but there's still quite a few rough edges. I hope they can make a go of it, but I think it'll take adoption by a deep-pocketed sponsor (Samsung? Huawei? The German government?) before it would be polished enough to be a real contender for non-techni…
Care to elaborate on the "rough edges"? Is it a reliable day to day phone?
It's mostly a reliable day to day phone. Rough edges I've seen:
- Occasional "X app stopped unexpectedly" messages.
- Font sizing is really weird on the built-in email app (a K9 Mail reskin)
- System webview sometimes (maybe once a week?) starts rendering blank white pages until I reboot the phone.
Re: E Foundation – deGoogled unGoogled smartphone OS and online services
#8Had me until it mentioned "the cloud"
Does it force you to have data on the cloud? Or can you get by without using the cloud?
Simply put: I don't want anyone having my data anywhere apart from me and my device.
Re: E Foundation – deGoogled unGoogled smartphone OS and online services
#9Had me until it mentioned "the cloud" Does it force you to have data on the cloud? Or can you get by without using the cloud? Simply put: I don't want anyone having my data anywhere apart from me and my device.
I've been using it for a few weeks: It doesn't force you to put anything on the cloud. If you choose to create an /e/ account, it makes it easy to sync/backup to their cloud services, but it's completely optional.
Unlike Google or Apple, you're not required to create a cloud account just to use your own device.
Re: E Foundation – deGoogled unGoogled smartphone OS and online services
#10Had me until it mentioned "the cloud" Does it force you to have data on the cloud? Or can you get by without using the cloud? Simply put: I don't want anyone having my data anywhere apart from me and my device.
Most people wouldn't think a smartphone OS was complete without an online component.
If you truly don't want that postmarketOS and a number of Linux distros work on some older phones and the pinephone now.