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I'm not buying a Pixel because I'm not giving Google any money. I'm in the US so the other OSs will not work for me. I just need this crap off my phone. I can't uninstall Youtube, and it came with Facebook. It's just infuriating. Can I just root it and connect it to my Linux laptop and just force uninstalls or something without bricking the device?

Any help appreciated!

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[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 5 points 4 days ago (5 children)

I had a Samsung phone once through the mobile company....never - ever - again. seriously made me contemplate a old school flip phone but all our banking is done on the phone app because their website is shit

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 days ago (4 children)
[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 3 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Actually did, then also got a new phone, lol

[–] twikz@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

which did you end up getting?

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Moto G54 5g for 185€.

The only complaint I have is there is a 'live lockscreen' app that is terrible, if you try and uninstall it pops up again and again, you just have to remove all permissions, clear the cache, etc ad disable....just like all the other Google bullshit.

[–] twikz@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 hours ago

Jesus, I got a pixel 8 for 300usd, it's been great

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