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Urgent Android help! SOLVED using @decibyte’s advice: I used Pixel 9a spoofing profile in Aurora Store. Thank you all! 🌻

I must install the Interrail Android app in order to to activate my Interrail ticket, but Aurora Store tells me the app is not available for my device. How can I get it? I could maybe download the APK from Apkpure, but I’d use it as the last resort, since I don’t know how trustworthy it is.

I’m using a Fairphone 5 running CalyxOS 6.8.21, and Aurora Store v4.7.2, downloaded from F-Droid all features are enabled in MicroG. Already tried uninstalling and reinstalling Aurora

I've being using /e/OS form a while now. There is no way back to Android or iOS (I used both). There are many #European good #degoogled phones:

/e/OS
iodéOS
LineageOS
VollaOS
Ubuntu Touch

I have everything I want (and I don't want any Google app or product, that is part of the past)

I don't use CalyxOS or GrapheneOS because they support only Pixel phones and I don't trust USA companies. Just to mention, CalyxOS also support some Motorola devices as well, nowadays owned by Lenovo

Alright, I think I'm ready for my next step in learning new tech things . . . learning about servers and VMs. 👀

I'm pretty happy with how far I got casually over 8 months as a lay person. I was mad busy with life stuff but still managed to do all of these:
- All social media use in the whole household fully replaced with #fediverse
- Operating systems in the whole household replaced with #linux
- Browsers replaced with #FOSS
- Mobile devices all replaced with repairable devices with custom #deGoogled ROMs
(old devices kept and wiped for learning about bootloader unlocking & custom ROMs, cuz #eWaste sucks)
- Cellular and chat service providers replaced with #XMPP and #matrix
- Email replaced with FOSS options
- Cloud storage and Productivity suites #deGoogled with #ManagedHosting of FOSS options

(Doing all of the above cost me less than what 3 months of just my old mainstream cellular bill used to be.)

I feel like my next frontier is learning how to #SelfHost. I'm happy with my various hosts - some are pro bono like the fediverse admins, some are turnkey like the XMPP options. They're great. But I want to learn to self host so that it's less mysterious.

Faig un viatge en breu amb la família a una ciutat europeva i m'he proposat utilitzar només Osmand per a guiar-me i trobar informació.

Algú ha utilitzat aquesta aplicació amb eixa finalitat?, l'he instalat fa poc i molt d'ús encara no li he donat...

S'accepten consells.

Finally got through the process of downloading my old Facebook and couple of Instagram accounts data today. Pretty extensive! Had wait several days on Facebook alone.

Just clicked to confirm deletion of ALL my Meta accounts and couldn't be happier!

I have also mostly finished moving all +200 online accounts using my various gmail and outlook emails over to Proton Mail aliases! Coming for you next Google and Microsoft, so watch out!

It's hard work, but take back your data, privacy, and peace of mind from these big tech companies that profit from your doomscrolling and selling your data!

Thanks to all the folks on here, Reddit, and YouTube that have given insight, especially @techlore. Thank you!