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What phone can I switch to that gives the least money to American companies? (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by DishonestBirb@lemmy.world to c/android@lemmy.world
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I currently use an iPhone, but given the recent attacks made by the US president and members of his administration on my country (tariffs, annexation threats,etc) I am loathe to support any company based out of that nation any longer. Obviously I know that it is likely impossible to get a functional mobile experience with zero US corporate involvement, but what is the least possible I could do and still be practical? A degoogled fair phone device? Something Chinese running a custom rom like lineage os?

I want to sell my iPhone and Apple Watch ASAP and get something that won’t have my sending money to the US via my app purchases (store cut), monthly services (iCloud), and my data being used/sold.

Thanks!

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[-] daddy32@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago

False. You are hurting them by not providing them a recurring revenue and stream of your data.

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 4 points 10 months ago

What "recurring revenue stream" are you referring to? And what data?

[-] daddy32@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

OP mentioned store or inapp purchases plus cloud subscription.

And ALL data, noone knows what apple is doing with it.

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 9 points 10 months ago

OP mentioned store or inapp purchases plus cloud subscription.

I mean they could simply...stop doing that?

noone knows what apple is doing with it

I assume nothing until proven otherwise, considering we know for a fact that any other device is going to be sending a plethora of data for Google to monetize.

[-] strict0768@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Another comment mentioned GrapheneOS.

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 10 months ago

Even Graphene is nigh-unusable without Google services.

[-] kmacmartin@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

I use GrapheneOS without Google services and the only issue I have to work around is Slack notifications. Everything else is fantastic.

[-] strict0768@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Well, it is if you depend on google services. But you don't have to.

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