Thank you very much 😊🌹

You could just install Google Maps? Like, still gives Google access to your location and movement, but it's a free device, you can put on it whatever you want.

You could also get a Fairphone with the Stock Rom, that should include Google Services. You could install a different Rom later.

There's also self hosted FOSS location sharing services, but for those, you need a server or VPS, and do some legwork to set them up.

Hi, thx for your Comment.

I'm aware that you can't stop all at once. For me it was also step by step until I could boycott everything completely. Anyway, I looked into it for you. There's an "App Lounge" where you can log in with your Gmail account to access Google apps. You can also browse there anonymously. I think it's like the Aurora Store, but I'm not really familiar with that. As for Maps, Murena apparently has its own map app, but I use the one from F-Droid "OpenStreetMap". I hope I could help you.

I assume using it through the browser doesn't let you do the location sharing how you need?

What about openstreetmap.org?

I saw the link. its really cool. For now, all my apps are on one page, and it works fine for me. But later I can try. Thx😊

Not sure what their mixed use criteria would entail, but my current stats for a charge ~19 hours ago with 2 hours of Lemmy scrolling:

Ah, I didn't even know about that EU law. The Fairphone is the first phone I actually bought myself, so it wasn't obvious to me.

Anyway, the battery life is really good. Though it depends on how many apps you have running in the background. I don't have that many right now.

About the price: With everything included, it was definitely more than 600€. With the headphones, case, and screen protector, the price naturally went up. But I'd been saving since the beginning of this year, so I didn't break a sweat. The news that Google was going to close down Android was basically the kick in the ass I needed to step on it.

Final word: It's expensive. But for me, it was worth it😊 Hope I could help you a little bit with your decision

The battery life seems surprisingly good, which could convince me to get it. Can you confirm if the 54 hours mixed use claim on their website is any accurate?

Writing this from a FP6 right now, last charged Monday morning and still about a third of battery left. This includes a lengthy video call and some regular mixed use. Usually I charge it every 3-4 days.

By default it will be blocked, but you can enable it by setting a developer option and waiting 24 hours. Or you can install /e/os or similar

Hello. For the answer, I'd need to know if you have a degoogled system like /e/OS. Fairphones can be delivered either with Play Protect (Google-certified) or without it. If your device is Google-certified, it's possible your F-Droid apps might stop working then. Degoogled systems aren't affected as far as I know.

Enjoy your phone! Could you tell me if RCS messages work on Google Messages?

Hello, thank you very much. So I looked into this and according to my research, RCS doesn't work on /e/OS because there are no Google services running in the background. The system is intentionally deGoogled. But this isn't personal experience, only research.

I use Barclays and Lloyds successfully. Biometric fingerprint login doesn't work for Barclays but does for Lloyds.

Several Swiss banking apps work without problems on my FP4 with /e/OS.