The hacker news discussion is surprisingly not bad. Very few Google stans coming in to shill for their corporate masters, and they're getting soundly ignored and downvoted.
this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2026
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Man, I just moved here from reddit and it's so refreshing to have actual intelligent discussion instead of being shouted down by bootlickers about how no one cares for your pro privacy opinion.
It's not a bad thing to have a higher barrier to entry for the Fediverse
Welcome!
Hey squirrel! I like the fact that the fediverse is small enough that I can recognise users I've interacted with before.
Which mobile OS are you guys using? How well do they work? How do they compare to stock android?
I'm thinking about flashing /e/OS over Android.
crdroid, which is a fork of lineage os with a few notable QoL improvements i can't live without
I'm currently using /e/os as there are no official custom Roms for my phone and they offer a GSI version (works on a wide variety of devices). For me it runs flawlessly, but I don't use any apps dependent on Google Play Services, so YMMV.
I think their default apps are very usable and having MicroG on board for location services is pretty handy. Their contacts/calendar/note syncing via Murena also make the user experience quite seemless.
I'd recommend it.
Edit: If you have any questions about the OS, feel free to ask away
Does things like gmail, google maps and g calendar work? If not, are there workarounds?
They do work
I think installing the apps via Aurora Store and running them should definitely work. There might be issues with syncing them to your Google account though. You can add the account via MicroG (preinstalled) but since I have no experience with running GApps on /e/os I can't attest to how well this will work, if at all.
You can install Lineage OS and add GApps though, if you're looking for a custom ROM but need extensive support for Google apps.
Might I ask what's your incentive to switch to /e/os? Installing Google apps kind of counteracts the privacy aspect.
This isn't new.
How many windows app promised security, more ram, cleaning windows, etc...
Only to be malware?