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Bryan<p>This chart shows just how powerful GrapheneOS really is. It is the only option (according to the chart) that can nearly completely deGoogle (remove all connections to Google). </p><p><a href="https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eylenburg.github.io/android_co</span><span class="invisible">mparison.htm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/deGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deGoogle</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GrapheneOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrapheneOS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/DivestOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DivestOS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/CalyxOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CalyxOS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/iodeOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iodeOS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/eos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eos</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/LineageOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LineageOS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a></p>
theCANNAisseur<p>Degoogled 📱 OS</p><p>EUROPEAN:<br> • <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UbuntuTouch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UbuntuTouch</span></a> UK<br> • <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unplugged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unplugged</span></a> OS / LibertOS Grece<br> • <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sailfishos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sailfishos</span></a> by jollaOS Finland<br> • <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/liberux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liberux</span></a> Spain<br> France<br> • <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>e</span></a>/os/ - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Murena" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Murena</span></a> <br> • <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iod%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iodé</span></a> <br> Germany<br> • <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PostmarketOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PostmarketOS</span></a><br> • <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VollaOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VollaOS</span></a> </p><p>ALLIES:<br> Canada<br> • <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Graphene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Graphene</span></a><br> • <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CalyxOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CalyxOS</span></a><br> Korea<br> • <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oniroproject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oniroproject</span></a> </p><p>❌ 🚫❌ <br>🇺🇸:<br> • <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LineageOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LineageOS</span></a> <br> • <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CopperheadOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CopperheadOS</span></a> <br> • <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/brax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>brax</span></a>.me<br> • <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AboveOs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AboveOs</span></a><br> • <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreePhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePhone</span></a><br> • <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OmniROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OmniROM</span></a><br> • <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SilentOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentOS</span></a><br> • <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paranoidandroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paranoidandroid</span></a><br> • <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DivestOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DivestOS</span></a><br> • <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AOSP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AOSP</span></a></p>
Bamboy<p>There was <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/DivestOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DivestOS</span></a> made for devices that were no longer "in support" but apparently that project got canceled at the start of the year.</p><p>My brain is just going crazy that the <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/USGov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USGov</span></a> is gonna come after me by subpoenaing my data from google, even though I have long since turned all privacy-sharing settings off on my phone.</p><p>These older devices may not be the most powerful, but they still can be useful, especially for those without access to better phones.</p>
Interesting Links<p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250116165528/https://divestos.org/pages/browsers" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">DivestOS mobile browser comparison table (archived)</a></strong></p><p><a href="https://bookmarks.kvibber.com/tagged/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Android</a> <a href="https://bookmarks.kvibber.com/tagged/DivestOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DivestOS</a> <a href="https://bookmarks.kvibber.com/tagged/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Firefox</a> <a href="https://bookmarks.kvibber.com/tagged/Waterfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Waterfox</a> <a href="https://bookmarks.kvibber.com/tagged/IronFox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IronFox</a> <a href="https://bookmarks.kvibber.com/tagged/Chromium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chromium</a></p>
James Wynn 🧐<p>Now that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DivestOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DivestOS</span></a> is gone and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Carrion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Carrion</span></a> is dead, what are other <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a> users using to block spam calls? Strong preference for FOSS.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grapheneos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grapheneos</span></a></p>
R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@visone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>visone</span></a></span></p><p>Yes, it's the continuation of the Mull browser from the sadly now defunct <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/divestos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DivestOS</span></a> project.</p>
Klarname :fckafd: :fcknzs:<p>Seitdem <a href="https://darmstadt.social/tags/DivestOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DivestOS</span></a> eingestampft wurde, finde ich keinen gescheiten Antivirus mehr via F-Droid. Brauch ich das bei <a href="https://darmstadt.social/tags/GrapheneOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrapheneOS</span></a> nicht?</p>
James Wynn 🧐<p>Holy crap. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DivestOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DivestOS</span></a> shutdown?! I wasn't using them directly because I had <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grapheneos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grapheneos</span></a> available on my pixel, but I used <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mull" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mull</span></a> and Carion. What are the alternatives now? I see IronFox in Accrescent. Is it comparable?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a></p>
Boiling Steam<p>Any users of DivestOS here? Since it is discontinued what are you planning to switch to? <br><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/divestos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>divestos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a></p>
SabrinaGrapheneOS; rant
Norm<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/@feudjais" class="u-url mention">@<span>feudjais</span></a></span> Yeah, I came from <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DivestOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DivestOS</span></a> where this was a thing and was surprised there&#39;s no option in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LineageOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LineageOS</span></a>.</p>
Feu d'jais 🥞<p>Je suis repassé-e sous LineageOS puisque DivestOS c'est terminé. Ben je suis bien deg. 😬</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/LineageOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LineageOS</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/DivestOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DivestOS</span></a></p>
jomo<p>PSA if you use Mull (the privacy hardened Firefox/Fennec fork) on Android, or any of the other apps maintained by DivestOS: It is now dead. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250115190317/https://divestos.org/pages/news#end" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2025011519</span><span class="invisible">0317/https://divestos.org/pages/news#end</span></a></p><p>There is a fork called IronFox. Unfortunately it is not in the official F-Droid repository, and I don't think they have reproducible builds, either :(<br><a href="https://gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox/-/issues/7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox</span><span class="invisible">/-/issues/7</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/DivestOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DivestOS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/MullBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MullBrowser</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Mull" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mull</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/IronFox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IronFox</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Fennec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fennec</span></a></p>
Arg à meudon<p>For a long time I've been using Mull browser, the privacy oriented Firefox fork, on my android devices.<br>But with it being discontinued, I have now switched to its successor: IronFox.<br><a href="https://gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/IronFox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IronFox</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Mull" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mull</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DivestOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DivestOS</span></a></p>
Ciourte Piaille<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@bins" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bins</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@Julianoe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Julianoe</span></a></span> <br>Pour info, <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Mull" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mull</span></a> a cessé d'être maintenu, avec le reste de <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/DivestOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DivestOS</span></a>.<br><a href="https://divestos.org/pages/news#end" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">divestos.org/pages/news#end</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
devSJR :python: :rstats:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://federation.network/@daniel" class="u-url mention">@<span>daniel</span></a></span> </p><p>Yes, Tavi ended the project</p><p><a href="https://divestos.org/pages/news" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">divestos.org/pages/news</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>All tool like <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Hypatia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hypatia</span></a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Carrion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Carrion</span></a> will no longer receive database updates.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DivestOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DivestOS</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mulch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mulch</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mull" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mull</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Fdroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fdroid</span></a></p>
Quincy<p>I hope some group will fork <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DivestOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DivestOS</span></a>. </p><p>We're in 2025 and the only halfway acceptable OS for a popular device designed to handle private data is / was a single-maintainer project.</p><p>Society should get its priorities right ...</p>
Quincy<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@crft" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>crft</span></a></span> and <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DivestOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DivestOS</span></a> :-(</p>
Norm<p>With <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DivestOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DivestOS</span></a>&#39; sunset, I finally got around to installing <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LineageOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LineageOS</span></a> instead. Thought it was a good time to try out some new apps while I&#39;m at it, so also installed <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/IronFox" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IronFox</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Tusky" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Tusky</span></a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Fossify" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fossify</span></a>&#39;s Messages (was previously using Mull, Mastodon and AOSP&#39;s Messaging apps respectively).</p>
PerfectDark<p>I wish <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MullBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MullBrowser</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DivestOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DivestOS</span></a> were still maintained. Totally understand why, but I adored Mull. Now I keep swapping between <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browsers</span></a> trying to find a good substitute. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a> lost a really amazing browser, and I'm not going to forget it anytime soon.</p>