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2 +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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4 +Here are two examples:
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6 +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.
7 +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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9 +==== What to explore? ====
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11 +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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15 +|(% style="width:225px" %)Brave|(% style="width:359px" %)Browser|Expect it to be available on /e/OS
16 +|(% style="width:225px" %)Proton Applications|(% style="width:359px" %)E-Mail, Pass, 2FA authenticator, VPN, Drive|Expect it to be available on /e/OS
17 +|(% style="width:225px" %)Apple iMessage|(% style="width:359px" %)Send Messages|Not available
18 +|(% style="width:225px" %)Signal|(% style="width:359px" %)Send Messages|Expect it to be available on /e/OS
19 +|(% style="width:225px" %)Calendar|(% style="width:359px" %)Appointments|Expect something to be available on /e/OS. But I use Nextcloud CalDAV to Nextcloud
20 +|(% style="width:225px" %)Contacts|(% style="width:359px" %)Contacts|Expect something to be available on /e/OS. But I use Nextcloud CardDav to Nextcloud
21 +|(% style="width:225px" %)Maps|(% style="width:359px" %)Quick location check, not for navigation|Expect something be available on /e/OS, but not the Apple version.
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24 +Other functionality:
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27 +|=(% style="background-color: lightblue;" %)Function|=(% style="background-color: lightblue;" %)Use|=(% style="background-color: lightblue;" %)My expectation
28 +|Apple Pay|NFC payment|(((
29 +Not available, I already know that. I don't want to use Google Pay or Garmin Pay.
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31 +Challenge: What is available besides paying with physical cards.
32 +)))
33 +|Apple Wallet|See Apple Pay|See Apple Pay
34 +|Siri Shortcuts|Automation|Siri shortcuts is an Apple product so not available. What are the alternatives?
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37 +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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39 +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.