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yeh the other day I accidentally swiped down and touched the Media section. It automatically played my music, eventhough the music app was off lol. Luckily it didnt play any “videos”…


I owned 4 Samsungs: S8, S10e, S22 and S24 Ultra. Their products got worse. An example is the recent One Ui 7 update, it is just terrible: My notification area that works perfectly fine before, is now changed; my battery life got worse…etc.

Even if I ignore the update, Samsung products are just not great anymore. Remember when a Galaxy can take really great photos? Those days are gone. My S24 Ultra takes the worst pictures in comparison to a Xiaomi or Huawei. Heck, even the controversial Asus Zenfone 10 takes better picture. Sure the Galaxy has better Megapixels, but the AI bullshit makes it so the colors are all wrong.

With that said, you want to go for Pixel + GrapheneOS. Anything that is close to stock Android should be ok. Oh, and stay away from anything with a lot of AI.


What’s the recommended Android browser for privacy in 2025, that is also usable for day to day tasks
As open source as Android is, it is very difficult to find a decent browser, let alone one that is privacy focused and also usable on daily. - Almost all web searches point to site that shows stuff like : Chrome, Edge, Opera....etc. So this doesnt help. - Play Store is full of shitty browsers. If you skip the usual DDG, Chrome, Edge, Opera...etc then you will see either: a) browsers from random Chinese company (Via, UC Browser) or b) browser that is coupled with other products, e.g. a video downloader with built in browser. - After the recent fiasco with Firefox and their ToS, I saw a lot of posts saying IronFox / Water Fox is better. I've never heard of these Foxes variants before. So I tried the following on Android: - DDG: only good if you do basic search. It lacks a good adblocker. So very annoying if you are on a site with shit tons of popups. - Brave: not a fan of the in your face AI tools. Overall it works ok though - The Foxes variants: IronFox seems to be very good on privacy. It has its own DNS and most of the security is on by default. However, same as all Foxes, IronFox just doesnt play well on Android. There is a slight lag when you try to switch tabs. - TOR: This would be the safest. But the poorest in terms of usability. - Chrome w/o account or Chrome run from private space. Surprisingly, Chrome is still the one browser that runs the smoothest..... Any input is appreciated.
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thanks, i asked because the Google PlayStore has WaterFox from waterfox.net. Not sure if this is real or fake, because other Fox forks can only be installed from Fdroid like Mull/Fennec


where did you get Waterfox on Android? The Playstore or F droid?