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Re:Ask HN: I bought Voltaren at the chemist, now Google show... by ancarda on Sunday April 18, 2021 @09:58AM (#26852529)
>Why? Not sure

Maybe they are sick of surveillance capitalism and don't wish to be part of it?

I'd do the same, but I really don't want a flip phone. Maybe once Pine Phone with GNU/Linux is working reasonably well, I'll switch to that.

Re:Ask HN: I bought Voltaren at the chemist, now Google show... by NoImmatureAdHom on Sunday April 18, 2021 @10:40AM (#26852886)
https://calyxos.org/ and https://grapheneos.org/ both go part of the way. They're hardened, privacy-preserving Android flavors that work best on Google Pixel 3 - 5. CalyxOS emulates google services so you can use basically any Android app, while GrapheneOS goes further down the security hardening hole.
Re:Ask HN: I bought Voltaren at the chemist, now Google show... by ancarda on Sunday April 18, 2021 @11:27AM (#26853287)
Huh didn't know about these, thank you! I'll look into them
Re:Ask HN: I bought Voltaren at the chemist, now Google show... by speeder on Sunday April 18, 2021 @10:35AM (#26852832)
I actually want a good flip phone myself.

I bought a locally made KaiOS phone but it has too low RAM and keep crashing.

Nokia makes flip phones with KaiOS but they aren't allowed in my country sadly.

Reason is I want a phone I can repair myself, all my previous phones I had to replace because some unrepairable part that didn't need to be unrepairable (one of them it was the battery!) broke down.

Instead of shelling a ton of money to be tracked and buy a product that won't last, I wish I could spend my phone on something that will last.

And the flip cover is convenient for me because I keep forgetting to lock my phone and managed to pocket dial even with an android.

Re:Ask HN: I bought Voltaren at the chemist, now Google show... by walshemj on Sunday April 18, 2021 @12:48PM (#26854043)
I don't do online banking on my primary bank - only on the secondary NatWest one I keep < £100 in.

Its reducing the attack surface as I see it.