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Also check out the Universal Android Debloater, it’s FOSS unlike unlike the program you mentioned

Or NextDNS

If you don’t need to configure everything yourself, you can also check out Mullvad’s public DNS or dnsforge

Is this similar to KDE Connect?

I found this one on the internet a few years ago

Who uses that anyway? Back when I was using a Samsung phone, I was always annoyed because I couldn’t uninstall this bullshit

The Pixel with GrapheneOS is simply superior. No ads, no tracking, no bloatware, no bullshit, just 100% FOSS software with privacy and security in mind.

There’s a simple and intuitive application called Universal Android Debloater which does everything for you

It’s free and open source on GitHub: https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation

It doesn’t work, because it relies on Piped/Invidious. Both are currently broken, because Google is trying everything to block third party clients/APIs/proxies for YouTube.

Well yeah, I agree. FOSS apps do lack features like logging in (to a Google account), the recommendation algorithm, etc. On the other hand, ReVanced is not exactly easy to install for new users. Both approaches are valid and get the job done (blocking annoying ads). I appreciate the calm and pleasant conversation.

I know that it exists, I don’t think it’s a particularly good solution on Android though. There are native apps like the ones I mentioned before.

Btw syncing an SQLite database with syncthing sounds painful. How often do you have to deal with sync conflicts?

I just don’t want any proprietary software on my devices (for many reasons, most importantly privacy and user freedom). I can use a VPN to privately connect to the YouTube backend, but things get much harder when the proprietary spyware is actually on my device.

If you want to use YouTube for that, it seems like ReVanced is your only option. But you can also create an account on a Piped instance, and have your playlists synced. LibreTube is the only app that supports this.

I’d say they are objectively better, because are independent, free & open source apps, instead of relying on patching Google’s proprietary software.

There are better alternatives for Android like NewPipe, Tubular and LibreTube

For PC, you can use FreeTube

Yeah

I tried Floorp and didn’t like it either, I’m glad there’s a more promising looking project out there now. Still great to see more development in the Firefox/Gecko ecosystem. We don’t need more Chromium garbage.

Supports FF Sync.

They only backport (some) OS patches, the firmware doesn’t get updated after the vendor classifies a device as EOL.

To get Android into a fully patched state, you need both firmware updates that come from your phone’s vendor, as well as OS patches that come from your OS developer (in this case GrapheneOS). GrapheneOS usually only provides OS updates as long as Google provides firmware updates, because they don’t want people to run outdated and potentially insecure devices with old, unpatched firmware. But they have extended update cycles for some EOL devices like the Pixel 4a (5G) and Pixel 5.

Your bank specifically requires Play Protect? That’s odd, I’ve never heard of something like that before. I’d still check this list to see if it might be compatible with GrapheneOS: https://privsec.dev/posts/android/banking-applications-compatibility-with-grapheneos/

You can get a Pixel 7a for under 300 EUR, and it is supported until 2028, so you don’t lose out on updates.

Fairphones aren’t even anywhere close to meeting the security requirements of GrapheneOS. Daniel Micay explained this many times, most notably in this Reddit thread (before they left Reddit and switched to their own, self-hosted forum) https://redlib.nohost.network/r/GrapheneOS/comments/10b5x4n/has_anyone_managed_to_install_grapheneos_on_a/j67pbny