(Please when answering, assume I’m not a beginner at privacy/programming :) I know where the good stuff at) First off, shameful confession: I’m writing this on a dying yellow iPhone XR I bought second-hand three years ago (189€). I absolutely love the look of it: the screen, build quality, are all amazing. The only problem was the locked ecosystem (sideloading Spotify/Torrent client was sooo hard). I saw the android phone of my mother dying really fast. She currently has a Xiaomi phone that’s ridiculously big for my hands, there’s advertisements in the stocks apps (?!!), the UX is janky and everything. It looks like a bloat, privacy nightmare. So… because it’s impossible to find a jailbreakable phone nowadays I need to buy an android and ideally I would want: - Good screen (vivid colors) - Good build quality (not shitty plastic) - Don’t care about the camera (I don’t want those ridiculously big cameras they make nowadays) - Would want to install either GrapheneOS/LineageOS The things that scare me off: - I really need my bank app and I need it updated so I have to use Google Play Services but I don’t want it to plague my phone with privacy bullshit (I want to be degoogled) The things that excite me: - Customization possibilities - Learning experience - Even more privacy than a de-googled IOS phone :) - F-Droid!! (Maybe I’ll find a beautiful IRC client) - More choices for Mastodon & Lemmy clients - Freedom of free software. - client for open-source git providers :) But to get all of that, I **don’t** want Google, I need shitty apps (non-free software) I have to install: - Instagram (for non-technical friends) - GitHub (job & open-source) - No-Ad Modded Spotify from Balatan - Discord (gamer friends) - Telegram (cryptobros friends) - Steam (because I still love gaming) Any advices? Phone ideas? I’m so lost in this ocean of choice (freedom ✨) My current phone: