Android without Google: the Murena - /e/ Project blew me away!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- I've been trying to degoogle my life as much as possible lately, but there are 2 main holdouts: youtube, and Android. While I still haven't found a competent enough youtube alternative, apart maybe from LBRY, I might just have found the Android replacement I was looking for! Let's take a look at the /e/ operating system !
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What is /e/ - Murena
"e" is a nonprofit project, backed by the /e/ foundation. Its goal is to provide a compeltely de-googled version of Android. This is in the strictest sense, as anything that might call to Google has been plucked out of the operating system: the google services, app store, default applications, even the time server and DNS have been changed.
The /e/ operating system is the result: it can be installed on a lot of Android smartphones, from a fairly wide selection of manufacturers, or you can order a refurbished smartphone from the /e/ website More recently, /e/ has become available on the Fairphone 3 as well, which you can buy preinstalled with /e/ from their online store.
Gael also told me that the PinePhone might be a target at some point, and they already had a port for the PineBook.
/e/ account
As you won't be using any Google services, the /e/ project feels that you also need a few services for day to day use, that's why they provide you with a free /e/ account. This is basically your own user account on the /e/ project's Nextcloud, with an email address that ends in e.email, as well as contacts, a calendar, some file storage, photos, and tasks.
In term of features, the /e/ team is also working on End to End encryption, which is proving tricky to implement, as well as the ability to self host the /e/ online services if you want to have as much storage space as you'd like and control your data 100%.
They also have an SMS to cloud feature that allows you to keep your messages when you change phones, and are working on the ability to let users log their geolocation in the cloud if they want to, to be able to find their device if it gets lost or stolen.
The /e/ OS experience
The /e/ OS is very inspired by iOS in terms of look and feel, out of the box. You get a default grid of icons, some widgets when you swipe left, no standard Android app drawer, and a global search if you swipe from the top.
The OS ships with default apps for everything you might need out of the box, and all of these apps are open source, just like the OS itself.
Most of these are forks of other open source applications, for example, the web browser is a de-googled fork of Chromium, the mail client is a fork of K-9, the camera is a fork of OpenCamera...
Some apps are the default Android applications, like the contact, clock, calculator, keyboard, or gallery, and some are just preinstalled apps available anywhere alse, like MagicEarth for maps, PDFViewer Plus for PDFs, or OpenTasks for the todo list.
Using these applications, you also won't help but notice the Android roots behind them: older tab bars, three dot menus and pop-ups abound, and look like the stuff you'd have been using on an Android Kit Kat smartphone. This doesn't mean they're bad, but it does look a bit dated compared to the smooth interfaces of today. Some might prefer this older style, but I know I don't.
But why would you prefer /e/ over another Android custom ROM ? Well, as Gael Duval puts it, they are not targeting tech savvy users, or geeks. They want to offer a simple option that even beginners can get to grips with, without jumping through too many hoops and sacrificing convenience.
/e/ offers integrated services out of the box so you don't have to look for them intially, they put a lot of effort in the launcher user experience, and they are 100% Google Free. They are probably the only one to address the low level stuff as well, like the connectivity checks, or the NTP server, while most other custom ROMs still send information to Google.
Installing apps
/e/ doesn't try to reinvent the wheel here: they provide their own app store, that is basically a mirror of the applications available on the play store. Not all of them will be as up to date as the ones available on Googl's markeplace, and some of them won't be available, but the selection is pretty large here.
You also get some nice touches that you won't find on competing stores, like a privacy score. This is determined by scanning the apks and identifying the permissions they require, as well as the trackers they include, so you know, when you install an app on the /e/ store, what it will collect, and if you can reliably use it or not.
I'm a very happy that the TH-cam algorithm recommend me a video on how to remove google services 😁
Well TH-cam is all over anyways
How ironic.
Agree, I'll put this on my "Bizzare Recommendation" playlist
same
Its bizness...😂😂😂
I remember when i installed a custom rom on my Motorola moto g first generation, i forgot to install google apps and battery lasted for 2 days, and that day i realized that google do more on the background
TH-cam vanced > newpipe
@@DRSDavidSoft Try Firefox or Chromium on your phone insted
@@DRSDavidSoft use microg
Just like huawei phones these days
@@paulofreireslaw I use YT Vanced, btw (you cant reply to comments or see them on newpipe)
I would like to see more linux phones, need a third OS in mobile world...
Android IS Linux
NymezWoW android only uses the linux kernels, everything else is built specifically for it. I meant GNU/linux, open source and free software.
Abu b.kurian Android is free and open source.
NymezWoW its free and open source but not a free-software, i meant like GNU...
@@abubkurian1625 Abu is right, just because it has a linux kernel it doesn't mean that android adhers to linux distros general philosophy. Google's android has added many closed source proprietary parts to the android ecosystem. So yes, android is open source but google is strangelholding its ecosystem
An important distinction: /e/ didn't start from AOSP, aka the "scratch" of Android. They started from forking LineageOS, and benefited from the de-googling and optimizations already done by Lineage contributors. This is why they could focus on beautifying the UI, adding branding, making their app store, and removing extra Google stuff Lineage didn't remove in order to replace it with their own implementations. I still think /e/ adds a fair amount of value to its Lineage base, though. It's precisely because they already had a good base that they could build good stuff on top it. The beauty of open source!
Thanks for the precision !
At the end of the day it doesn't matter. If you do not provide access to one of the 2 big AppStores, you need a BIIIIIG Appstore with all important Apps yourself.
If you don't have it, you fail. I mean if Blackberry and Microsoft both fail, because of this exact issue, the e project is going to fail for sure.
E started with markiplier, stop lying
@@TheNerd apkpure, apkcombo, apkmirror: Are we a joke to you?
Which version of Android and what date was it released? lol, as mobile history is being written.
Plenty of OS'es to choose from, but it depends on your device and SoC.
Open Hardware is still a little lagging.
Allow *Calculator* to make and manage phone calls?
Ikr, today I literally found a remote control app that needed access to my phone’s IMEI number. Wasn’t born yesterday, deleted that shit right away lmao.
@@NijiDash Mi remote even has privacy policy 🤣🤣🤣
@@IntrovertedTechie Yup that's the app I meant, well what did we expect from China right? 🤣
@@NijiDash yeah
@@NijiDash I've never used a xiaomi before but if you do abit of reading online they seem to be more trustworthy than companies like huawei and whatever the parent company is of oppo vivo and oneplus
Very impressive speaking skills! We need these phones in the USA! HUGE demand for anything Google free now!
We have them! Get one now
Dont forget about Apple Charles
@@estebanjones2112 Apple is now censoring and blocking apps now in the USA
@@njseashorechas2698 I know. That is what I was trying to add to your comment. We need to start changinf from web searches to mails and phones.
@@estebanjones2112 Glad I Subscribed to your channel. Keep us updated!
You: this is is Android without Google spying on you
Also you: install YT Studio
Well, I've got to try it 😅
At least, less data is sent since there is no Google Play Services and it relies on microG :)
@@MarkHobbes so better battery 😂😂😂
Just put a firewall on your phone, allow what you want blovk everything else. Ive used it for yearrrs more recently google force the phone to try and restart around midnight and dump the firewall. So i turn data off etc.
This is the best lighting setup I’ve ever seen on TH-cam ever.
/e/ foundation has a history of bad open source behavior. The OS is a fork of a _really_ old build of LineageOS (not that forking is an issue, it's just out-of-date), they shamelessly remove credits from Lineage code, and everything on /e/ can probably be achieved on LineageOS in under 10 minutes manually
Oh boy, I was about to comment that why not just go LineageOS, but if this is a ripoff of that. Well forget it.
I don't know this YTber, but it looks like he has no clue about android.
I don't like linage os as well but a fan of graphene os
Thanks for the useful information! I was about to post the question about if the "e account" was something forced or optional; the moment i listened about it on the video, i immediately thought of it as suspicious.
@@AbteilungsleiterinBeiAntifaEV Yes such truth can easily be inferred from the content of his channel.
I use LineageOS and MicroG. After a short learning curve I can't really say I'm missing a lot.
We need to support such alternative freedom for the masses platforms.
I subscribed.
Also thanks for giving credit to the musical artist/song.
If I like the the music, I like to know who it is.
I'm sure they want to be known as well.
I just stumbled over this blog. This is great news. I'm not tech savvy though, so I'd have to wait for the installer app.
I'm over these tech giants. Open source is the way to go. Keep on working on the installer. You will get my business.
Yeah as soon as they can make this painless, they'll grab more market share !
Really interesting to see that these projects are coming out. And I'm really planning on switching to them in the future. Or use my older devices and just put that OS on it instead of buying something new. Enough options that respect the user and their privacy to choose from if you ask me.
How is their privacy policy like? I might have to check that out. Better than google using your data for everything adrelated I guess.
This is a great start to shut these monopolies down. But my only skepticism is...it still has Android which the roots are from Google.
Yeah, that’s why I just released a video about pure Linux on a phone :)
Thanks. This is what I needed to kick the effort off the start line. Purchased (bit damaged) old S9 to test, if I like it, I'll grab the S9+ from /e/. Thanks a lot!
Most of the apps still use Google/Firebase analytics. So by installing any of the third-party closed-source apps - Google is still there.
How many sites can be accessed without an app?
That’s true but the trick is they can’t connect it too your identity!
Wow...that seemed like a really good, objective review. Thanks Stranger!
Thanks for watching :)
Firefox or Opera with Adblocker.
Use duckduckgo search engine.
Sideload apps from apk mirror.
Use Vanced instead of TH-cam.
Use microG for login to Google maps and TH-cam services..
And use Microsofts outlook app instead of the stupid Gmail.
I wish Android was stripped off all telemetric Google contact and Bloat apps..aswell as a virtual machine for running apps in so they dont bypass app permissions which the surely do. I still get very specifoc instagram ads even though i turned off mic and camera access on all Facebook apps
Now that's interesting. I heard about another French approach to de-Googling Android while maintaining user-friendlyness. It's a company called iodé, who have taken a pretty similar approach to /e/. Maybe you could make a review about them as well and compare them? I would definitely be interested in seeing that, because I am currently not sure about what to use as my next mobile OS.
I’ll look into it!
The permissions on Android always annoyed me.
I wish there was an option to install the package and not give it all the permissions it want. Like activate and deactivate them as I need to use this or that.
Like allow camera in the web browser. If don't allow the site will say something like. Sorry this feature is not working. Bla bla.
I agree 100%
I think it will do if you use some of AOSP flavor like LineageOS
Some sites today straight up won't work i you just deny notifications from them, it's really shady stuff
@@eduard647 dont use those shit sites
OnePlus phones are quite nice on this. It'll ask if you want to give permission x for app y. It also more specifically gives that third and to me most interesting option "deny if program is running in background".
Beyond Systems: we depend on our abilities to react timely according to the present moments.
I am so damn excited by this, oh man. It's literally going to be that kid on Christmas moment when I get one of these.
Phones are the current frontier on pushing against Google and Facebook; but I think the key is efficient containers and limiting the amount of data matched from different sources. I can't see neither the public choosing to move past Facebook's apps and Google's services, nor those companies willingly giving up permissions or access to personal data.
So we need one android that can effectively allow usage of the apps, while denying the corporations usage of the users. No amount of polishment or ease of use can cut that corner - and those parts will most likely follow naturally.
Another option is to have a cultural movement to de-contaminate our life from excessive use of technology all together. If an OS that can deliver that catches enough interest, it can most likely force the corporations other than the tech giants to reposition on issues like privacy and maximising screen time.
But I don't think this solves either problem. If the /e account could provide anonymity while using the most popular services, it could be useful. If their cloud services included a VPN and an account/password manager, things could be different. And if the apk-store included a way to actually limit the permissions, it might be more interesting for the general public.
Your outro music is really funky, I love it.
Great, i have transformed my S8 to this operating system, and it looks indeed a little bit basic, but everything works fine and am very happy with it!..thanks!
I'm running Lineage OS and fdroid instead of google play.
This is better. /e/ are not magicians, nanodroid would accomplish something similar if you ran it in lineage, /e/ apps are proven insecure and send personal data over plaintext. BEWARE
Lineage OS isn't completely degoogled. It still has a lot of dependencies on google codes and features. Also you could just use the other custom roms, they are all the same with more features if they are stable.
Neither is /e/
@@SpaceTimeBeing_ It's pretty highly degoogled imo. I noticed quite many misbehaves because of those missing features from g's services.Though I can't say/claim it's 100%
@@jothain ewwlo.void.partidopirata.com.ar/
Degoogled sounds tight ✊😉
I love the word “DEGOOGLED”
Now that I have read thru the review, I will watch it. Very well written, informative & anytime I see "open source" my antennas start vibrating. Like Mozilla with the T-Rex Hammer & Sickle "stand alone" installer.
This is pretty cool. The ultimate would be if you can run android in a virtual machine. Turn on VM when you need to use a google app, or another low privacy app, then turn it back off when you’re done. Even if the controls for the host OS take up a bit of room on the screen somewhere, most of the modern phones have enough screen real estate for that anyway. Plus, if you ever upgrade the phone, running the VM on the new phone would be as easy as copying the file to the new phone.
I have only one question:
Can I finally make an actual backup of the whole phone?
That's something u can do with the TeamWin Recovery, aka TWRP. It doesn't matter which ROM u use, because it's the recovery. In fact, I'd advise against this ROM, just get TWRP and any other ROM. Same difference, only that this ROM is outdated and ugly imo
I've been watching Eelo and /e/ since day one and know it will be my next phone. Since I've never flashed a phone before, I'm waiting on their installer to flash my old S7 but will soon get something from them directly. I hope it works well in the US, that's the only thing I have to make sure.
*SEEMS THE e-PHONE HAS A WAYS TO GO BEFORE WE HAVE UNLIMITED TEXT AND EMAIL TEXTS, ETC. WE EAGERLY AWAIT THESE STANDARDIZED IMPROVEMENTS.*
Gotta get one of these to save myself from the covid genocide contact tracing Psychopathy. Thanks for making this video. Much appreciated.
If anyone wants the features of e/ on an unsupported device or with more up-to-date Android, try LineageOS. It's AMAZING. They support almost every device and constantly make newer versions.
You will only miss out on the e/ account, something actually quite intriguing to me.
Appreciated the Yuka mention, such a slept on app.
Fascinating. I understood the content of your review %99 through. Thank You.
This is an awesome review. I bet the /e/ Foundation is blown away by this reception. Excellent choice on their part to not actually sponsor it.
Had I known I would have liked it so much, I would have asked for money 😅
@@TheLinuxEXP, I do wish you had been compensated, as I hope you're able to keep making videos indefinitely; however, I think it adds even more weight to your overwhelmingly positive review that it wasn't sponsored.
For now, I have no plans to stop :) I can't make a living on what TH-cam pays me, but it could happen if the channel keeps growing :)
Great content. Question: How to move from Gmail?
I have already done a video on that, in the same playlist ;)
@Linux CodeX protonmail and tutanota should be the best alternatives
Pay a serious email provider and use a different app. I really recommend fair email, It is a great piece of work.
Mailo is a simple alternative :)
If you have have a server, you can make your own relay on it.
As always great video!
Thank you :)
Very interesting! Specially now
This led me to two very interesting discoveries, being that someones working on 3DS support on /e/, and that led to a continuation of linux on 3DS. Very fun stuff, if I learn how to I might contribute.
Why doesn't Huawei just team up with /e/ Project and use eOS in their latest phones
I think Huawei would still not be able to use this. Because the phone is Android based which is still owned by Google. Since the eproject is AOSP users can do what they like , but will not be allowed to make a business out of it. Hence eOs is "non profit"
@@josephanand16 Yea, makes sense
I like LineageOS 17.1. Been using 16 for about 6 months now without issues. The only problem was when the OS switched from 16 to 17 it required flashing the new OS rather than doing an auto update. In fact @ 07:59 you show in About Phone its using LineageOS llama.
I love that there are downloads for many different older phones as well as relatively late model used phones with a no-G OS preinstalled for around $400.
I removed as much G stuff from my phone as possible which doesn't get me much. This looks great.
I can see carrying a stripped phone to use only as a phone and a no G tablet with no SIM card and only very rare access to WiFi for everything else - video, GPS, pictures, etc..
Huawei wants to know your location
Is deGoogle but not deChina.
Huawei is more fair than Google! theybare saying we are selling cellphones. Google sell you service =)
Totally not a huawei employee
This looks very promising. It's a good alternative to pinephone OSes (at least until they mature more). Would love to run this on a pinephone.
I like the OS and the fact that you still have access to the regular apps like Spotify
I'm seriously thinking to try this OS, I'm actually using a Redmi Note 8
If something is for free, the product is you.
I generally agree with this phrase, except in the case of open source. It’s generally all free of charge, but you’re not really the product either :)
Apple also allows websites to access your cookies and browsing history. I shopped at a camera store, and then went to a news site, and the in-line ads there were items from the same camera store. Pretty blatant.
I don't trust them a single bit tbh.
Why not? I'm getting a weird vibe too but can't put my finger on it.
@@erwindee7384 is it because the letter e is just a flipped letter G from Google?
@@Kevin-yh8ol No. I think I was feeling like they were ignoring the elephant in the room that is LineageOS. Can't remember now.
The real question is how will they feed their employees?
You can buy refurbished phone with /e/ installed on it. You can also buy storage upgrade. Also donations.
Sadly many apps needs google services to work, tho it's true we need another system.
That's what MicroG is for. Look it up.
@@AbteilungsleiterinBeiAntifaEV Hopefully that would be possible, tho a lot of companies in and out of the western market still depends on a "secured" google services.
There is also harmony os coming
thanks a lot for sharing! very happy to discover this
No problem :) Glad to be of service !
Thank you very much for the great video, I will definitely check out their website :)
Thanks :) Do take a look, it's really a nice solution !
I'm glad I got this recommendation 🙂 That said though, I find that this eOS is a major downgrade compared to the extremely feature-packed experience Samsung offers on their devices. Where's DeX mode? Where's Edge Panels? Where's the extremely versatile notes app? Where's GoodLock?
I'd much rather just uninstall all the scroogle software that came on my Note 8 and stick with Samsung's extremely feature-packed, yet privacy-friendly offerings. Then control the traffic from my Note 8 with AdGuard Premium. Which is what I've done thus far.
Make it OneUI based then we're talking.
That's features I had never used on my Samsung phone, they just clutter Android IMO with all that stuff that creates duplicate features :)
@@TheLinuxEXP Duplicate features? Lol, sounding like one of them uninformed reviewers. Samsung's software offerings are miles more feature-rich compared to scroogle's. So much so, literally EVERYTHING "new" to pitifully-limited stock Android 11 has been on my Note 8 right out of the box with Android 7.
Heck, stock Android's desktop mode is still merely been in beta all this while, whereas Samsung DeX is already replacing chunky windows Laptops/Desktops in police vehicles and offices. How do you consider that "duplicate features"?
Those duplicate apps you get out of the box are merely there for the user's convenience in deciding whether they want scroogle's data-harvesting services or Samsung's feature-rich and privacy-friendly services. The user can simply uninstall/disable the ones they don't want, which is what I did to all the scroogle apps on my Note 8.
I'm not uninformed. I used Samsung phones for 6 years now.
These features are, IMO, clutter. The Android experience in general is super messy.
The settings are mostly illegible, Samsung adds their own apps in too of Google's and also i stalls some Microsoft apps by default.
There are tons of hidden features in the settings that are just useless to me. Swipe for a screenshot? Wake up the phone when you lift it? That sidebar thing, which you can bring up by swiping the power button ?
It's just totally unnecessary to my experience with a phone. If other people use them, then good for them, but I would much prefer a simpler skin, like the one /e/ offers.
@@TheLinuxEXP You're certainly entitled to your opinion, but having experienced the Note 8 as my first ever Samsung Smartphone (after over half a decade of using just jailbroken iPhones then switching to Android on a OnePlus One in 2014), I simply can NEVER settle for anything less versatile than this.
That palm swipe to capture has come in handy for capturing screenshots of various apps that respond to the press of my Note 8's buttons. I'd much rather have the choice when I need it than be stuck hunting around for some 3rd party solution when I need it.
Raise to wake, although I personally didn't enable it, I can certainly see its use for the situation where your phone's power button got damaged. Instead of always having to use some pin to reach the button on the motherboard each time you want to wake up the device, you simply pick it up. Again, I'd much rather have the choice than be scrambling for some 3rd party solution when required.
Finally, the Edge Panels, that's a MAJOR feature I use EVERYDAY on my Note 8. It provides a whole bunch of time saving functions, so much so, I can NEVER settle for a device without it. Below are just a handful of uses:
- It provides quick access to my favorite apps and app pairs from ANY screen, including the lockscreen
- It allows quick opening of apps like the calculator in floating window mode (I simply drag it from the Apps edge panel to the center of my screen) so I can calculate whatever is on my screen at the moment without wasting time switching between apps.
- It enables quick tracking of my stocks on the stock market, via the Yahoo Finance Edge panel.
- Enables quick tracking of breaking news headlines.
- Enables quick access to my special bookmarks, including my Kodi stream pairing websites, getting to which needs to be fast before it times out in Kodi.
- Enables quick access to a compass/leveler/ruler/flashlight/tally counter
- Enables quick access to my favorite contacts
- Enables quick access to weather information
- Enables quick access to data usage information
All of that, accessible from ANY screen (including lockscreen) with merely a swipe (configurable on a per panel basis). Plus, it is further extendable with 3rd party apps from the app store. I certainly ain't settling for any device without it. Stock Android would likely implement it in another decade like all their other "new" features...
One thing I like about using SailfishOS is that for example, if you
don't have WhatsApp opened, no message is gonna coming through and the
people could think you are offline. Sometimes I put the device in
Airplane Mode and switch on Wifi/Data when I want to use internet but
don't want to be disturb. Is this possible to do with LineageOS or other
DeGoogled options?
to get around gmail, just use K-9 email app and login to IMAP..
Note: Apple was the first company to sell data to companies and has been for decades (since iPod). Just because you might not see an add, does not mean that they are not collecting and using your data for profit. In fact, one of the biggest data collection groups was formed by Apple specifically for data mining people.
Thanks for the honest review Nick! I will look into this. I did see that their Murena One phone does not support Verizon but other than that I might try to find one of the approved phones on their list.
Excellent review good sir! I appreciate this. This was the first I've ever heard of this.
I do like the idea of de-googled phones fighting with disinformation rather than just phones that create privacy by withholding it
makes me wonder how feasible a collaboration between /e/ and ubports foundations is
They both make different OS why a collaboration?
@@redrock9319 like the cloud services and perhaps drivers and what not both are linux oses after all
Nice. Thanks for the news. Waiting for the pinephone fork .. maybe it will be usable:)
This just got recommend to me, never seen this channel before, nice.
Thanks :)
Thank you for making this video it's going to be helpful I have purchased my e solution phone and I am waiting for it to be delivered.
What app are you using that appears to be doing voice dictation? Thanks.
This is like Custom rom but without Opengapps installed ?
just found ur channel and subscribed already! nice topics nice videoediting nice serous information!
Thanks a lot :)
I have a BLU phone and would love to get rid of Google. How you reclaim everything from Google Drive etc...I am happy to simply. This sounds great. Very exciting. Thank you for sharing this.
There's a way of getting rid of big techs surveilance: using pencil and papers.
I love how their entire brand is just the letter *e*
2018 would be proud
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Is the second telephoto lens working on aosp?
The data collection includes biological functions breathing, schedule, eye dilations, voice changes modulations, and it's all analayzed with ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. It's called surveillance capitalism.
Gael has gone a long way since Mandrake...
Thank you so much for this video. 👍 I had no idea this os existed until this video popped up. I've now installed this os on my s9 + all running perfectly and no google
the worst custom ROM
I haven't rooted or installed custom firmware on one of my samsungs in years, but if the galaxy note 10+ pops up on that list I think I'd give it a try. I really dug the CyanogenMod and AOSP roms back in the day.
I havent rooted in around 6 years. I looked into rooting my older Pixel 6 and the process looked so much confusing and harder than it did when i used to. I gave up. Maybe i got more dumb as i got older lol.
What about camera? Custom ROMs usually don’t include the camera blobs, so the quality is worse and you don’t get features like slomotion.
I want this now
What is the URL of the webpages at 2m55s which lists compatible phones?
I could not find it at the e foundation website.
Found it at doc.e.foundation/devices/
For those unaware, you don't have to use any of E's default apps, you don't even have to use the launcher (bliss) that E OS uses. I for example use Nova Launcher. It is currently Android 9 or 10 depending on the image you are using.
Do in-app purchases work? Can you buy apps in their appstore? If not (which I'm sure is 99% true, because implementing that would break Google ToS), this can be a deal-breaker for some users.
So relevant for 2021
This is really exciting. Thanks for posting this. 👍
Interesting stuff. I wonder what Rob Braxman would think. He doesn't seem to be a big fan of microg. Cool video i might check this OS out.
Rob won't bother reviewing an outdated dysfunctional OS
What about google maps? I guess there is no way to have it without feeding info to google somehow but its the main thing I use my phone for.
Also no official link to /e/ operating system in the description?
android is a registered trademark. It actually falls under AOSP, not android. If you're not google, you can't name any os Android
I use LineageOS, but also use Microsoft Edge browser and Microsoft launcher, because it's the best solutions in terms of functionality and appearance. You have to compromise with the micro soft.)
Carriers should have this as an option.
In January 2021, this video is about 6 months old...what makes you think that android programmers haven't found work arounds?
I love it. But I need either android auto or carplay support. There's zero options for that. But for those that dont need that. This is actually really cool.
Yeah I don't need that at all 😅
Perfect! I'm looking at buying a Pixel 2XL to go with my Note 9 because I need Oreo and the Pixel 2XL is stuck at Oreo which is right where I want it. The play store and newer versions of Android kill call recording. However, if it is based on LineageOS, that may be a problem. LineageOS 15.1 didn't support VoLTE and that is a requirement for nearly all carriers these days because they are getting their non-LTE bands pulled away from them.
Thank you, Nick. Getting there.
I know I'm late to this (again), but wasn't Gael Duval a big shot in Mandrake Linux? That used to be a favourite distro of maine back in 2002, when I went 90% Linux 10% Windows (for gaming only).
Is Parler available in such a set-up ?
Website should always be available
Nice video very clear. I have all mine working but still can’t get the web gui shows the same face on a webpage same as the e ink display