oh maybe , i dont use brave or ios , just know you can watch youtube videos in brave with no ads.

Brave browser has built in adblocking .

put grapheneOS on it …

no you won’t … its so easy to install.

so much yes. I just got mine a few days ago and I love it so much.

GrapheneOS has sandboxed play services that you can easily install to make sure apps work. my banking app only works with play store services so I installed them and set them to zero permissions. You can also make a second profile with nothing installed and switch when you need those apps. MicroG has never worked for me on any phone.

I just got a Pixel 9a and put GrapheneOS on it straight away . my battery with my current usage says 4 days hahah. my old phone was 1 day maybe. I loose my phone around the house , my friends know I don’t text back for awhile.

ya that’s true. I use multiple other things as well. Script to remove copilot and i forget how i got rid of Onedrive. Its a constant battle.

https://github.com/zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI

I just put my friends 80+ year old parents on Linux Mint with no issues so far. you can do it!! … why are you switching back ?

OOShutup10 works good.

what phone did you buy then and how did you get rid of and or block google play services?

I bought mine from Telus … so i would think Telus gave them the money a long time ago for said phone and i’m just giving Telus back their money … now i’m not giving money or data to anyone.

I dunno i have put Mint on many computers including an 80 year old woman who just checks her email and news. No one ever has issues and i don’t get calls . I think Linux has a PR issue more than a “barrier” … I would say Mint “just works” great .

I ran this script to remove copilot and it installs a stub update to make it appear its still installed so M$ won’t try again… working so far.

https://github.com/zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI

no … I do believe in Kindred Spirits tho. I met a girl and we just get along really well , she has different beliefs , views and likes than I do but we can chill and be very comfortable around each other. We easily pickup where we left off even after months / years of not seeing each other. Would i date her ? NO !

I have two gmail accounts which i need for now but i check them with Thunderbird. I have to have Google play store and services on my phone because my banking app will not work without them, both stripped of permissions and no background data. I use Aurora store and F-Droid for everything else. All search engines at home and work changed to DDG or Ecosia. Organic Maps is ok , i read in this thread Comaps is good so i’m gonna try that. Firefox everywhere with either Brave, Ecosia or Chromium browser as backup.

not yet https://www.tb.pro/en-US/

Grayjay

I’ve heard of it but never tried. I’ll give it a go. can I get it on F-droid ?. I don’t use Youtube alot on my phone, I listen to the Wan show and do yoga every night haha Thank you!

same , never really used it but deleted it.

I try and block everything all the time. the fight is real. PipePipe for youtube , Firefox + Ublock for web . Exploited firestick with Wolf Launcher and SmartTube on TV , Linux on all PCs , DeGoogled phone (wip) and Adguard DNS on the router. Windows PC’s at work with copilot, onedrive removed and ooshutup10 . Also use a few modded apps such as Tubi with no ads and my sleep music app with no ads. Probably more ive forgotten but always open to suggestions and the work is never done.