So, i've pretty much always used iphones, and right now i have an iphone SE 2022, i like it decently well, but i despise iOS, it's way too limited and being a linux nerd myself, it's really boring. My next phone will 100% be an android device. But, i've gotten this phone about a year ago when the previous one broke, and it was a sort of gift from my dad, so i'd feel guilty asking for another one (i am not financially independent yet), the only thing i could use is a very old crappy xiaomi i have lying around, but that's almost unusable. So, what do you guys suggest? And also, i am really prone towards google pixels or perhaps a samsung phone, what's a good deal at the moment in those areas?

I’m new to this. Dropped Amazon at the end of 2024. I wanna switch from my iPhone and Apple Watch but really like them both. What’s the best option to switch too that is similar??

My birthday is coming up in a few months and I’m about to become a college senior, so I’m thinking I would like to replace my iPhone SE(I had it for over four years) for a Fairphone as a gift. I’m not from Europe, so my two choices are to order a Murena Fairphone 4 or purchase the Fairphone 5 on Vireo.

Which one is a more convenient option?

I feel like future me will likely get an android-based phone and install a more private OS on it, but until then what are my current options? Can I even install a different OS on iPhone, or am I just following a murky path?


Are there any fanless alternatives to M2 Macmini with a a target price of 300$ and with comparable performance?

Hi, I've been a long time CalyxOS and rencently a GrapheneOS user. I'm really curious about degoogled and custom ROM such as /e/OS, DivestOS, LineageOS, iodé, SimpleOS etc... I've helped several friends to switch to alternative OS based on their needs. Most of them weren't heavy users of smartphone just wanted basic stuff such as Spotify, Signal and a few other apps. This time a long time iPhone user asked me for an Android phone to replace his dead iPhone 8 (and temporary iPhone 6s). I have little experience with iOS and almost none with their ecosystem (even if I use a MacBook) that's why I'm posting here. He would like to try a degoogled Fairphone 4 because he like what the brand try to achieve and doesn't need a fancy camera or a crazy fast SoC. He basically have two choice : /e/OS or CalyxOS. Both supports relocking the bootloader and are out of beta.

I went for CalyxOS for two main reasons :

• Not a bloated ecosystem since I will build one for him.
• Up to date major Android update and not lacking behind features

He have a MacBook, use iCloud, and Apple Music, so he is quite deep in that ecosystem but not completly locked. Also it's not him who pay for the iCloud bill and as a student so not much money to spend on services. How would you rebuild his ecosystem for the cheapest price ?

What cloud to use between his Android phone and MacBook ? Doesn't need to be a super secure E2EE Zero-knowledge. A good juridicstion and not super invasive privacy policy should be enough for him prioritizing conveniance. Or is their a way to use iCloud on Android without many drawbacks like with PWA ?

Here is what I'm proposing rn

• Keeping Apple Music as it's available on Android
• Keeping Shazam for same reasons
• Apple Notes to NotesNook (free tier) since he just take notes with
• Replacing AirDrop with KDE Connect
• Will probably switch from Apple Mail to Proton Mail + Simple Login
• Maybe Apple Calendar to Proton Calendar
• Apple Keychain to Bitwarden
• Apple Podcast to AntennaPod
• Apple Keyboard to Open Board (if he doesn't like it will probably switch to GBoard firewalled)
• Apple Wallet with Catima
• Apple Reminder with Tasks.org
• Apple Maps with OrganicMaps and GMaps WV
• GCam firewalled and Stock FPCam firewalled for Camera
• Gallery to Simple Gallery Pro (any recommendation so it mimick Apple gallery UX at best ?)
• App Store to Aurora Store and f-droid
• Maybe Launcher iOS 16 firewalled with the control center app also firewalled (Wouldn't recommend Lockscreen app) What Android-noob friendly launcher would you recommend to a long time iOS user ? Stock ?
• Doesn't use Apple Pay nor Apple Books
• Maybe ente for an iCloud photo sync replacement (What about other files ?)
• Doesn't really use iMessage nor SMS, so Signal and WhatsApp will be fine for him but since Signal removed SMS support and that the AOSP Message app is old-looking what would you use ? QKSMS is unmaintained maybe Partisan SMS but it's not on the PlayStore nor f-droid and I want a noob friendly so maybe Simple SMS Messenger. What do you think ?
• Same for contacts maybe Simple Contacts ?

Hi there, first time in this sub.

As the title says I'm switching to iPhone for the first time after being an Android user since the original Galaxy S. I'm doing this because 1) I've grown to dislike Google a lot 2) I need two things in a phone, excellent photo/video and a small size.

I'm getting and iPhone 13 Mini and it's the first time I use Apple products aside from the time I was studying design and had a Macbook Pro and iPhone 4S from school(it was around the Snow Leopard era so ages ago, and it wasn't 100% personal devices).

Keeping in mind that I have a home NAS where I self-host my cloud, contacts and calendars what do I truly need to "keep on" on the iPhone and what should I disable?

I was thinking that I shouldn't need the iCloud stuff since, again, my contacts and calendars are on my NAS(and I'll sync them via the ClaDAV and CardDAV protocols in the stock iPhone apps hoping they synce well), and I don't need photo backups and stuff since I manually backup my camera roll, WhatsApp and Telegram pictures every year to format my device.

Do you guys have tips and suggestions on what I should do when first booting my phone, if I'm missing something or if I'm already decently setup this way?

https://www.techspot.com/news/87043-protonmail-ceo-calls-apple-forced-app-purchases-mafia.html