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   Kev Quirk (kev@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 01:54:40 JST Kev Quirk

   I've recently been thinking about a switch to the Fairphone 5, but after some research, I'm not sure it's worth it?
   https://kevquirk.com/blog/i-ve-been-thinking-about-a-switch-to-the-fairphone-5

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     vegos_f06 (vegos_f06@friendica.opensocial.space)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 07:10:46 JST vegos_f06

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     • Sashin
     @sashin You degoogled and then you want to use Google wallet? No fitting wallet from F-droid?
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     Sashin (sashin@veganism.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 07:10:47 JST Sashin

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     @kev I literally just got my Fairphone 5 a few days back. Have been running CalyxOS on it and having a good time.

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     Sashin (sashin@veganism.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 07:10:47 JST Sashin

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     @kev It's either completely degoogled or almost completely degoogled. I use f-droid store if I can and aurora store (an open source alternative fronted end to the play store without any tracking etc) for the rest. I don't even have the play store installed.

     I have thunderbird email, fossify dialer, messages and camera.

     My normal banking app and other paid apps that I had originally bought through the play store work perfectly fine.

     The only thing that seems impossible to get working is Google wallet. I have already gotten used to using my bank card to pay for things rather than my phone as my previous phone used lineageOS.

     You can also lock the bootloader after you've installed CalyxOS for additional security.

     I am having a really good time here!!!