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AJ Sadauskas on Nostr: nprofile1q…pn2xw nprofile1q…sw995 Here's what I'm looking at for my next phone: ...

Here's what I'm looking at for my next phone: https://murena.com/shop/smartphones/brand-new/murena-cmf-phone-1/

It comes with the E Foundation's privacy-focused /e/OS pre-installed: https://e.foundation/e-os/

/e/OS is a deGoogled Android that ships with replacement apps for all of Google's apps: https://peer.tube/videos/watch/ba3c848a-0ddd-4dca-bbbe-6a6f9ebed43c

Murena, who makes the phone, offers a hosted version of Nextcloud plus email hosting, which replaces Gmail, Google Drive, Google Calendar, and Google Docs: https://murena.com/workspace/

(I already have my own Nextcloud account and email, so I'll use that instead.)

Murena also operates a SearXNG ( https://searx.space/ ) instance called Spot ( https://spot.murena.io/ ).

(SearXNG is an ad-free meta search engine that anonymously displays results from multiple search engines.)

The pros is that it appears to be a good option for deGoogled Android and Google replacement that "just works".

It's less locked down than a security-focused non-Google Android like GrapheneOS.

Downsides are that it's a big upfront cost to get an unlocked phone shipped from overseas.

Unfortunately, no Australian carriers offers it on a plan.

The upshot is that you're not locked into a particular carrier.

Murena is active on the Fediverse here:

And the e-Foundation here: