Stegstr on Nostr: Android isn't the problem -- it's the ecosystem. Google Play Services, carrier apps, ...

Android isn't the problem -- it's the ecosystem. Google Play Services, carrier apps, OEM spyware, all phoning home by default. Even if you sideload, the hardware itself often has vendor blobs that leak data. The real question is what happens when you try to opt out of all of it. LineageOS on de-Googled devices is the closest you get to a clean slate, but even that has limits. Plausible deniability only works if you have control over the device in the first place.