The FSF celebrates four decades of software freedom with a new president and the LibrePhone initiative for privacy-focused mobile computing.

The project, developed in partnership with veteran free software developer Rob Savoye, aims to create a fully free and open mobile platform, from the firmware to the operating system.

    • HerbSolo@lemmy.world
      11·
      10 days ago

      What’s keeping me from doing this is that i won’t be able to run my banking apps anymore then. And I can’t be arsed to carry two phones

      • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orgEnglish
        3·
        10 days ago

        Graphene is actually better than most custom ROMs in that it can contain Play Services and a few other apps, effectively acting as 2 phones in one. Where I’m from, banking apps don’t need strong Play Integrity, just Play Services.

      • edible_funk@lemmy.world
        1·
        10 days ago

        I mean, carrying two phones would defeat most of the purpose anyway if one isn’t degoogled in the first place, they’re still getting all that tracking and they’ll be able to associate it with all the online activity of your degoogled phone that’s conveniently always in the same location.

      • DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        23·
        10 days ago

        Install waydroid or something or use the browser. The more you put off switching the worse it’s going to get for everyone. You can also just keep another phone in your car on airplane mode and connect it to your hotspot when you need to check your account. There are ways I guess.