Android 12 forces you to choose a default browser unless you disable Chrome

Re:Android 12 forces you to choose a default browser unless ... by Freak_NL on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @10:51AM (#30686050)

I looked into Fairphone, but their current offering — Fairphone 4 — seems to have persistent issues with the camera quality, and no official LineageOS build either.

It really bums me out. I need a smartphone that will run Android apps, because the duopoly is not going anywhere and governments and banks are pushing hard to use theirs, but also because there is no way around WhatsApp here in the Netherlands if I want to give my young son a chance at going to play dates and stuff.¹ I also like Fairphone's more ethical hardware side, but their offering just falls short a bit at the moment. Am I missing something here?

1: Personally, I'm fine without apps, and would much prefer to have a phone that does what Linux does for me on the desktop, but I'm not an island.

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Re:Android 12 forces you to choose a default browser unless ... by awiesenhofer on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @12:04PM (#30687009)

WhatsApp works fine on /e/OS, its even easily installable from their appstore! As are loads of other apps.

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Re:Android 12 forces you to choose a default browser unless ... by Freak_NL on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @01:08PM (#30687899)

Including banking and government ID apps only spread though official app stores?

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