Weird, I’ve been using my S10e since release, turned off most Assistant stuff and have seen neither the Assistant nor any suggestions to use it. Is that a regional thing?
I love that button! Use it to turn my flashlight, play/pause music, toggle screen rotation. One of the reasons I haven’t moved on from s10e. Others being reasonable size and 3.5mm jack.
Yeah, if it was supported on other devices than a Google Phone, I’d probably love it (yes I know, it’s due to hardware that apparently no other manufacturer uses, but still it annoys me. A Fairphone with Graphene is my wet dream).
There are Google-free Android ROMs
You can also disable Google Assistant on any device
But then you’d still have a googled phone.
Yes but the meme specifically references being forced to use Google assistant.
Yes, but I use it as a springboard to shoot against Google in general.
Fair enough! Happy shooting to you, friend.
Sure, but you still get a ton of annoying pop ups asking you to re-enable it. If it doesn’t just do it without consulting you.
At least, that’s been my experience on various Samsung phones…
Weird, I’ve been using my S10e since release, turned off most Assistant stuff and have seen neither the Assistant nor any suggestions to use it. Is that a regional thing?
S10e has a dedicated Bixby button right next to volume down though and it’s quite difficult to reprogram it, if you don’t use Bixby.
I love that button! Use it to turn my flashlight, play/pause music, toggle screen rotation. One of the reasons I haven’t moved on from s10e. Others being reasonable size and 3.5mm jack.
Disable Bixby with the Android Debloat Utility
Maybe regional, maybe a problem introduced later than the s10 🤷
GrapheneOS my beloved
Yeah, if it was supported on other devices than a Google Phone, I’d probably love it (yes I know, it’s due to hardware that apparently no other manufacturer uses, but still it annoys me. A Fairphone with Graphene is my wet dream).
LineageOS ftw!
I’ve moved to DivestOS, a fork of Lineage. A bit more restrictive to Google stuff - can run MicroG/GServices isolated.
Not for every phone. I’d love to get a fairphone, but those are getting more and more expensive. I can’t afford those. Phones are BS nowadays
That’s true, unfortunately.
Btw, if you’re into FP for sustainability reasons, maybe you want to look at Teracube
You got a favorite? I’ve been shopping but degoogled non-apple phones seems to be a narrow region with many obstacles for the uninitiated.
I use graphene os and its great and fairly easy to install. Only works on Pixel devices though so you would have to get one of those.