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[BHSPitMonkey]

What did you switch to that offers those things, and how was it easier than either rooting stock Android or switching to a FOSS Android distro?

[josteink → BHSPitMonkey]

Maybe he just ditched the idea of the smartphone all together.

I know some people who have.

[danieldk → BHSPitMonkey]

https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Ge...

It is not system-wide, but does extend to Safari View Controllers.

I never encountered an ad on my iPhone since I installed a Safari ad blocker (I don't use any ad-supported free games/applications).

[vxNsr → danieldk]

I've found that it doesn't work on SVC. Meaning when I open a link in say twitter ads will still show up but if I open it in safari ads are gone.

[Rotareti → BHSPitMonkey]

I wish I could install a proper FOS OS on my phone with a proper FOS package manager that allows me to install FOSS.

I would get myself two phones. The main one using FOSS exclusively. The other dedicated to the people who refuse to ditch WhatsApp for Signal.

[therealidiot → Rotareti]

Does Signal still require Google Play Services?

[mrhigat4 → therealidiot]

If you have Google Play Services installed, it will try to use it. If you don't, you can install the apk from here https://signal.org/android/apk/ which should auto update. Their permissions list is still kind of whack and everyone else on android except you is going to have Google in between every message so...