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Ironically, the most privacy friendly android hardware is Google Pixel, mainly because it can install graphene/calyxos

Besides /e/ os, I would also recommend graphene and calyxos.

Calyxos works similar to /e/os in that it uses microg to get things working, but calyxos is more up-to-date and secure.

Graphene os uses sandboxed Google play, which sounds bad, but the play services is confined to its sandbox, basically graphene os will simply feed it garbage telemetry unless it is absolutely necessary for the system to function.

/e/ os supports more devices (not just pixel like the other two), have their own SSO cloud service based on Nextcloud, and they support device that is outside of the support period of manufacturer (this also hurts security, as firmware cannot be updated without the OEM supporting the phone). But there is always a trade-off between security and longevity, given that most OEM only support a phone for couple of years now.

I think the proton he refers to is the proton compatibility layer developed by valve.

But I personally haven't switched to protonmail because they require Google to work on Android, which is surprising for a privacy company. On the other hand, Megasync also requires Google to work.

Tutanota don't, but I cannot use them in thunderbird.

If you want to switch anyway, why not graphene/calyxos with Ubuntu/mint/pop/fedora? They work on your current device, and much more private than iOS + macOS

I think graphene should be relatively painless, especially with sandboxed Google play. The only thing don't work is probably auto and pay. Calyxos is kind of the same story.

Linux distro has been working really well for me (I switched to windows from Linux at the end of college, and switch back to Linux again last year). The only thing that doesn't work is office and other industrial software. If you don't use Microsoft office extensively, then liberal office is a okay replacement. Only office is also very solid, but it is Russian software with few outside developers, so many people don't really trust it.

Doesn't Izzy typically pull release directly from GitHub?

Reddit needs to be replaced sooner or later. Unless they stay true to their goal and never have capital screwing the community.

A federated and community-based services is the better way to keep useful conversation on the internet to help everyone.

I wonder if Lemmy can subscribe to fediverse groups: @[email protected] has lots of bunny content.

More rabbit! Please!

Lemmy and kbin communicate using activity hub protocol, that doesn't mean they communicate with app using the same protocol (AKA API).

So it is not necessarily trivial to let a Lemmy app support kbin.

I think e os is running on very outdated Android version. So it might be because older version do not handle transparent icon well.

Also e/os has some modification on icon. It is possible they set the background to the boarder color of the icon, hence hiding the tail.

I would suggest to try a different launcher/icon pack see if the issue persist.

I don't think that is a good strategy to convince people to leave. Also it adds strains to the Lemmy instances.

Political jargon is confusing. But I think this case they refer to economical right-wing, who typically support deregulation of market.

I think calling "modern left" "liberal" is kind of confusing, since most modern left support social freedom and economical control, which is not really "liberal". But that is the terms we stuck with.