/e/OS is a complete, fully “deGoogled” mobile ecosystem

>Operated by Murena, your Murena Workspace account @murena.io is at the centre of the ecosystem, allowing to store, back up and retrieve your data safely on remote servers.

This sounds like their version is somewhat married to Murena. While probably better than Google, still not independent.

They're also advertising features such as "hiding your IP address [...] when you feel like it" – which sounds a lot like a VPN – without mentioning much about who the traffic is going through or how they might log it.

Re: /e/OS is a complete, fully “deGoogled” mobile ecosystem

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Post by preisschild » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 9:55 AM UTC

lpcvoid wrote: post #2

There's absolutely no reason to use /e/ when GrapheneOS exists. https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm

And even if GOS doesn't support your device (due to minimum security requirements) why not use upstream LineageOS?

Re: /e/OS is a complete, fully “deGoogled” mobile ecosystem

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Post by FireInsight » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 9:56 AM UTC

lpcvoid wrote: post #2

There's absolutely no reason to use /e/ when GrapheneOS exists. https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm

Unless you own some obscure phone that is not supported by GOS, Calyx or Iode, but is by /e/... Not sure how many of those exist...

Re: /e/OS is a complete, fully “deGoogled” mobile ecosystem

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Post by przmk » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 9:58 AM UTC

preisschild wrote: post #5

lpcvoid wrote: post #2

There's absolutely no reason to use /e/ when GrapheneOS exists. https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm

And even if GOS doesn't support your device (due to minimum security requirements) why not use upstream LineageOS?

Because upstream LineageOS doesn't support microg out of the box. You can install it but it needs signature spoofing to pass Google's SafetyNet garbage. Bonus point for some roms that allow you to relock the bootloader after the install (iodéOS, CalyxOS).

Re: /e/OS is a complete, fully “deGoogled” mobile ecosystem

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Post by miroljub » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 9:59 AM UTC

lpcvoid wrote: post #2

There's absolutely no reason to use /e/ when GrapheneOS exists. https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm

But GrapheneOS doesn't exist. It works only on a few devices created by Google, so their claim of being degoogled is a bit funny.

Re: /e/OS is a complete, fully “deGoogled” mobile ecosystem

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Post by goldenarm » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC

Tweaking user-hostile OSes into user-friendly ones is impressive, but not sustainable. Even worse, it slowing us down from leaving Android entirely.

Look at the AdBlocker crackdown of Google Chrome. Every single chrome-fork has shut down MV2 extensions, even Brave is about to do it, because it is impossible to maintain features that complex on a browser that Google spends >$1B/year to develop.

Same story for /e/ and GrapheneOS, the day Google pulls the plug on source code releases, god knows how long they will last. We should focus our efforts on truly open platforms.

Re: /e/OS is a complete, fully “deGoogled” mobile ecosystem

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Post by amelius » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 10:02 AM UTC

goldenarm wrote: post #9

Tweaking user-hostile OSes into user-friendly ones is impressive, but not sustainable. Even worse, it slowing us down from leaving Android entirely. Look at the AdBlocker crackdown of Google Chrome. Every single chrome-fork has shut down MV2 extensions, even Brave is about to do it, because it is impossible to maintain features that complex on a browser that Google spends >$1B/year to develop. Same story for /e/ and…

You don't have to use Chrome or Chromium.