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The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software (hackaday.com)
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[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Neat.

I'll also add: after DivestOS died, I got a Pixel to run GrapheneOS.

So I've tried that too, and it's the best by far.

The reason for disliking LineageOS is its dependence on Aurora Store (Google Play mirror).

Maybe it has gotten better over the past year, but it was always quite buggy. Some apps wouldn't install from Aurora, others weren't found, it was a pain in the ass.

/e/OS uses a different app store (which is also a mirror) but tends to work much better.

[–] Mika@sopuli.xyz 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Huh, using aurora for a few apps that aren't foss, didn't know there are any issues with it. I'm impressed how crisp it is.

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 2 points 22 hours ago

I suppose it depends on which apps you're trying to grab.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

What does /e/OS use as an app store?

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 1 points 46 minutes ago (1 children)

They use their own in-built all store. It works better for me than aurora (based on the state of both a year ago)

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 43 minutes ago (1 children)

What's it called? Can you use it on other platforms