Eh, kinda. It’s not quite as easy to escape from GApps as it is to install Linux, though, so it’s understandable.

My advice is to look into LineageOS, DivestOS, and GrapheneOS and see if your device is supported by anyone. If not, it’s possible to remove GApps using ADB, and you can use NextDNS to block tracking.

Gotta love FreeTube. PokeTube also works decently, although it only supports subscriptions via RSS.

Well, that explains how the NSA keep getting in every so often.

I’ve seen this enough times that I laughed without watching it. Funny stuff.

Yeah, I wouldn’t trust anything these guys publish: https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/mint-press-news/

I quite like 4get, but SearXNG is probably closer to what you want.

Since you’re using Edge, I’ll assume you’re running Windows. In that case, I’d recommend either Librewolf or ungoogled-chromium.

I, myself, use Mullvad Browser and Links2, but they’re not quite as good for new users.

Lookin’ good!

Lemmy.ca and Sopuli both worked fine on ProtonVPN, and .ca also seems to be fine on Mullvad.

However, this guy has actually switched to Linux, and is willing to adapt and learn how to use it.

Neither newpipe nor libretube work for me anymore for a while now.

…except NewPipe doesn’t work.

I’d say that your best bet is FreeTube, which got ported to Android back in 2020. I’ve only been using it for a few weeks, since I only got ahold of an Android device this month, but it has never let me down.

It’s available on the IzzyOnDroid repo, and as an APK, so you can install it with F-Droid or Obtainium (or manually).

Depends if you mean indie as in the genre, or indie as in independent. If you mean the latter, I can give you some suggestions. If not, sorry!

Just looking on my Bandcamp wishlist, there have been:

• Two EPs from Brand New Loser
• Cloud Cover’s debut album
• Hunting Jacket by Interjay
• What Lies Ahead of Me by all under heaven
• Turns to Gold by Trust Blinks
• Whirr and Nothing did a split EP together
• 1991 by Double Grave
• All You Embrace by One Step Closer
• Channels by Punchlove

That’s some hardcore Linux there. Well done!

Remember, of course, that Wickr has been owned by Amazon since 2021.

https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/25/aws-is-buying-encrypted-messaging-service-wickr/

You need Windows to run Odin. Fastboot doesn’t work for Samsung, and Heimdall hasn’t been updated for seven years.

Well, GrapheneOs is a bit easier. GOS uses a WebUSB installer, which does a lot of the work for you.

LineageOS requires things like ADB and Fastboot. In my case, however, it was a Samsung device, so I had to install Windows and then mess around with Odin.

I also ended up soft-bricking the device by trying to sideload the OS before it had finished downloading.

Well, you can still get pretty far with GrapheneOS. Pixels can be re-locked, which is a feature I wish all Android devices had.

It seems to be running well on my Galaxy Tab A7. Definitely better than One UI or whatever it came with.

Soft-bricked