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3 3  Note: I'm writing this in English so that more people can read and use of my experience. But be also aware that I'm not a native English speaker. I'm originally from the Netherlands. That means that for some native English speakers it could be a bit confusing. I apologise in advance.
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5 -Oh and by the way I'm not a person that doesn't want to have all software for free. I already pay for many apps and donate for several projects.
5 +Oh and by the way I'm not a person that doesn't want to have all software for free. I already pay for many apps and donate for several projects
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7 -And keep in mind: You can't get away from Big Tech in one day!
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10 10  = The current situation =
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12 12  Well, every story has a beginning. So I will try to tell a short story here.
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29 29  By the way, this is not the only reason I want to get away; there are many more.
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29 +== The Challenge ==
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31 +How to get away from Big Tech? Well, I don't want to get rid of everything at once. I'm a big Linux fan, but because of photo editing software (no, I'm not using Adobe software!) and music recording software, my MacBook Pro will stay for a while. For those who say "you can use this or that software program," the answer is no.
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33 +Here are two examples:
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35 +1. Photo editing software: I'm using DxO PhotoLab 9 for now. It's not open source, but as far as I know it's still European (from France). And no, I haven't seen any Linux program that can compete with this.
36 +1. Music software: I'm a guitar player and use different tools, mainly ones from Toontrack and TH-U. And no, I haven't found any software like this on Linux.
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40 +==== What to explore? ====
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42 +First of all a list of Apps on my iPhone that will be part on my quest. I'll already give my expectation, lets see what happens at the end of this adventure.
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45 +|=(% style="background-color: lightblue;" %)App|=(% style="width: 384px; background-color: lightblue;" %)Use|=(% style="width: 554px; background-color: lightblue;" %)My expectation
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49 +Other functionality:
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52 +|=(% style="background-color: lightblue;" %)Function|=(% style="width: 384px; background-color: lightblue;" %)Use|=(% style="width: 554px; background-color: lightblue;" %)My expectation
53 +|Apple Pay|(% style="width:384px" %)NFC payment|(% style="width:554px" %)(((
54 +Not available, I already know that. I don't want to use Google Pay or Garmin Pay.
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56 +Challenge: What is available besides paying with physical cards.
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58 +|Apple Wallet|(% style="width:384px" %) |(% style="width:554px" %)
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62 +Secondly, I will also look at user-friendliness of /e/OS. Apple has a very high level of user-friendlinessregarding the UI. And, yes, it used to be better years ago. Apple is also hiding more and more options in the UI.
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64 +Third, I'm getting my Fairphone delivered by Odido. That means it will be delivered with its default Android 16. It is not clean Android; it has Fairphone adjustments. And as far as I know, this Android version is somewhat adjusted in China -> not good.
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