/e/OS is a complete "deGoogled", mobile ecosystem
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HN comment orderTweaking user-hostile OSes into user-friendly ones is impressive, but not sustainable. Even worse, it slowing us down from leaving Android entirely. Look at the AdBlocker crackdown of Google Chrome. Every single chrome-fork has shut down MV2 extensions, even Brave is about to do it, because it is impossible to maintain features that complex on a browser that Google spends >$1B/year to develop. Same story for /e/ and GrapheneOS, the day Google pulls the plug on source code releases, god knows…
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- 2
- Total points
- 704
- Total comments
- 453
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-17 | /E/OS: DeGoogled Android | nanna | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-11-19 | /e/OS: A complete "deGoogled" mobile ecosystemFirst breakout | gaws | 64 | 55 |
| 2026-03-02 | /e/OS is a complete "deGoogled", mobile ecosystemBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | doener | 637 | 398 |