I mainly use my phone for messaging (ie. Signal, Whatsapp etc), web browsing/social media (forums, lemmy, bluesky etc), and video viewing (jellyfin, alt youtube frontends, and netflix)

Are all these things possible on a linux phone like a Pinephone?

  • FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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    12 days ago

    Okay that’s a dealbreaker for me to be honest. I basically used all the social capital I had to get all my friends and family to start using Signal, I can’t just stop using it ahha.

    I assumed Signal and FOSS apps would run fine in an android container of something. Is that not the case?

    • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
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      12 days ago

      You can run Signal on Waydroid yes, last I tried (about a year ago) the on screen keyboard didn’t work right, and there were issues with Push notifications. Maybe things have improved since, but nonetheless it’s a pretty crappy experience.

      • Sturgist@lemmy.ca
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        10 days ago

        I mean…I’m running a stock android 15 ROM…and I just had some Push weirdness that meant my auntie and bestie back home had been messaging/calling me for almost 2 months and were legit thinking maybe I’d died.