We recently got our hands on a Fairphone 4 running Murena’s tracker-blocking /e/OS. And, well, a deGoogled Pixel does feel like quite the flex. (Albeit /e/OS is a fork of an Android-based OS which was based on another fork of Android… ). Murena can even sell you a deGoogled (Google) Pixel which comes purged of the usual Google services - with no Play Store, Chrome browser, Google Maps etc - and running its alternative /e/OS, rather than mainstream Android. It’s hardware agnostic, loading its open source smartphone OS onto a variety of new or refurbished handsets, including ethical smartphone maker Fairphone’s kit and its own brand, eponymous mid-range handset. The French/European firm has been doing this for around five years, as a not-for-profit foundation - but also, in more recent years, opening a for-profit arm that sells devices running its alternative, anti-tracking OS. Murena is in the business of deGoogling Android smartphones in the name of privacy.
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