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Changes for page 01. The Challenge ✅

Last modified by Andre on 2026/09/13 14:03
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1 +|=(% style="background-color: lightblue; width: 176px;" %)Date|=(% style="background-color: lightblue; width: 713px;" %)Change
2 +|(% style="width:176px" %)August 21, 2026|(% style="width:713px" %)Initial page
3 +|(% style="width:176px" %)August 28, 2026|(% style="width:713px" %)(((
4 +Added a color to the apps table:
5 + green: expectations met
6 + orange: need more investigation
7 + red: does not work
8 +)))
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1 1  (% class="wikigeneratedid" id="HTheChallengeEdit" %)
2 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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14 14  
15 15  (% border="1" %)
16 16  |=(% style="background-color: lightblue; width: 225px;" %)App|=(% style="background-color: lightblue; width: 359px;" %)Use|=(% style="background-color: lightblue;" %)My expectation
17 -|(% style="width:225px" %)Brave|(% style="width:359px" %)Browser|Expect it to be available on /e/OS
18 -|(% style="width:225px" %)Proton Applications|(% style="width:359px" %)E-Mail, Pass, 2FA authenticator, VPN, Drive|Expect it to be available on /e/OS
26 +|(% style="background-color:lightgreen; width:225px" %)Brave|(% style="background-color:lightgreen; width:359px" %)Browser|(% style="background-color:lightgreen" %)Expect it to be available on /e/OS
27 +|(% style="background-color:lightgreen; width:225px" %)Proton Applications|(% style="background-color:lightgreen; width:359px" %)E-Mail, Pass, 2FA authenticator, VPN, Drive|(% style="background-color:lightgreen" %)Expect it to be available on /e/OS
19 19  |(% style="width:225px" %)Apple iMessage|(% style="width:359px" %)Send Messages|Not available
20 20  |(% style="width:225px" %)Signal|(% style="width:359px" %)Send Messages|Expect it to be available on /e/OS
21 -|(% style="width:225px" %)Calendar|(% style="width:359px" %)Appointments|Expect something to be available on /e/OS. But I use Nextcloud CalDAV to Nextcloud
30 +|(% style="background-color:orange; width:225px" %)Calendar|(% style="background-color:orange; width:359px" %)Appointments|(% style="background-color:orange" %)Expect something to be available on /e/OS. But I use Nextcloud CalDAV to Nextcloud
22 22  |(% style="width:225px" %)Contacts|(% style="width:359px" %)Contacts|Expect something to be available on /e/OS. But I use Nextcloud CardDav to Nextcloud
23 23  |(% 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.
24 24  |(% style="width:225px" %)Reminders|(% style="width:359px" %)Reminder App.|Expect something be available on /e/OS, but not the Apple version. I'm using Joplin at the moment.
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57 57  == Functionality ==
58 58  
59 59  (% border="1" %)
60 -|=(% style="background-color: lightblue; width: 137px;" %)Function|=(% style="background-color: lightblue; width: 136px;" %)Use|=(% style="background-color: lightblue; width: 924px;" %)My expectation
61 -|(% style="width:137px" %)Apple Pay|(% style="width:136px" %)NFC payment|(% style="width:924px" %)(((
69 +|=(% style="background-color: lightblue; width: 157px;" %)Function|=(% style="background-color: lightblue; width: 120px;" %)Use|=(% style="background-color: lightblue; width: 645px;" %)My expectation
70 +|(% style="width:157px" %)Apple Pay|(% style="width:120px" %)NFC payment|(% style="width:645px" %)(((
71 +(((
62 62  Not available, I already know that. I don't want to use Google Pay or Garmin Pay.
63 63  
64 64  Challenge: What is available besides paying with physical cards.
65 65  )))
66 -|(% style="width:137px" %)Apple Wallet|(% style="width:136px" %)See Apple Pay|(% style="width:924px" %)See Apple Pay
67 -|(% style="width:137px" %)Siri Shortcuts|(% style="width:136px" %)Automation|(% style="width:924px" %)Siri shortcuts is an Apple product so not available. What are the alternatives?
68 -|(% style="width:137px" %)Navigation|(% style="width:136px" %)Sygic|(% style="width:924px" %)My expectation is that this will be a challenge I actually want to use Android Car and not some kind of clam that holds my Phone. The navigation maps I have in Sygic are fare more up-to-date then the maps in my car. I already read something about MicroG (no idea what that is yet, but I'll find out. Nice challenge.
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77 +(((
78 +And to be honest, I also don't care if the only option is physical cards. 
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80 +)))
81 +|(% style="width:157px" %)Apple Wallet|(% style="width:120px" %)See Apple Pay|(% style="width:645px" %)See Apple Pay
82 +|(% style="width:157px" %)Siri Shortcuts|(% style="width:120px" %)Automation|(% style="width:645px" %)Siri shortcuts is an Apple product so not available. What are the alternatives?
83 +|(% style="width:157px" %)Navigation|(% style="width:120px" %)Sygic|(% style="width:645px" %)My expectation is that this will be the biggest  challenge. I actually want to use Android Car and not some kind of clam that holds my Phone. The navigation maps I have in Sygic are fare more up-to-date then the maps in my car. Besides that, the screen in my car is way bigger than my phone. 
84 +I already read something about MicroG (no idea what that is yet, but I'll find out. Nice challenge.
85 +|(% style="width:157px" %)Car entertainment|(% style="width:120px" %)Music|(% style="width:645px" %)I'd like to play music from my phone through my car entertainment system. For that I also need Android Car.
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70 70  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.
71 71  
72 72  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.