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[โ€“] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Let me be the idiot: is this phone actually usable for a dumb android user who is still dependent on smaller Play Store Apps and Google maps / calendar/ etc.?

[โ€“] accideath@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

While they claim support for Android apps, I donโ€™t suppose Google apps will run without a bit of tinkering.
Iโ€˜d say, if something like the jolla phone interests you, you should try to degoogle your life regardless. There are pretty good open source alternatives for a lot of software you probably use on the daily.

[โ€“] cabbage@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Google Maps and Calendar will probably not be the biggest problem as they don't verify the "authenticity" of the install. Banking apps and other apps that have gone out of their way to add questionable security features is usually where problems start occurring.

That, or apps that depend on sensors.

[โ€“] Lojcs@piefed.social 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

User configurable physical Privacy Switch - turn off your microphone, bluetooth, Android apps, or whatever you wish

hmm...

Also this hasn't changed:

The initial sales markets are EU, UK, Switzerland and Norway.

[โ€“] JustEnoughDucks@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I fine this a funny one.

If you can reconfigure a physical switch, that it by definition is not a kill switch for those functions. It is literally the same as turning them off in software.

[โ€“] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 day ago

Unless you configure it by using dip switches under the battery cover...

Which I don't think is the case. But it's technically possible.

[โ€“] turboSnail@piefed.europe.pub 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Well, that's awesome. I've been keeping an eye on Jolla phones for a while now. When they launched the pre-order campaign, I almost bought one. Then, I realized that I have some picky apps I really need, and those probably won't run on Sailfish. They don't run on Lineage, so why would they run on the android thing (emulation, sandbox, something) in Sailfish?

I think I'll still need to read more from people who have been daily driving Sailfish. It would be fantastic if I could ditch my big mobile spyware.

[โ€“] Sunshine@piefed.ca 1 points 1 day ago

SailfishOS uses AndroidAppSupport, which works way more reliably than Waydroid, but still isnโ€™t perfect.