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Lineage or Sailfish? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by justanotheruser4@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Hey, guys. I have a spare Sony 10 IV, which supports Sailfish OS and Lineage OS. I would like to install one of them and have the experience of getting away from Google. My criteria would be how usable (how stable and how much I can use it for the usual daily tasks) and how easy would be to install it. Thanks for your help!

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[–] Jean_le_Flambeur@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago

First of all: i havent used sailfish nor a Sony 10 IV so take everything with a grain of salt, but:

When looking for a familiar alternative to normal android, lineage is your go to. If there is an official build for the device it will most certainly work for everything in its power.

If a banking app doesn't allow running without google services, it won't run on degoogled lineage, but that's not really lineages fault.

I used lineage for years, and though you sometimes "feel" its a custom ROM (sometimes something doesn't work on the first try but randomly on the third, and the like) I always was able to satisfy my needs in a phone.

If you rely on apps that purposely don't run on custom ROMs, and can't find an alternative, you will need a second drawer smartphone for those I fear, but I don't think this would be any better under sailfish.