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1 -== The Challenge[[Edit>>url:https://xwiki.c-sync.nl/xwiki/bin/edit/Iphone%20to%20Fairphone%20adventure/WebHome?section=4&form_token=WPCakdmwgyopgD17APAp4g]] ==
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3 3  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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5 5  Here are two examples:
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12 12  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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14 -|=App|=Use|=My expectation
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14 +|=(% style="background-color: lightblue; width: 225px;" %)App|=(% style="background-color: lightblue; width: 359px;" %)Use|=(% style="background-color: lightblue;" %)My expectation
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.
22 +|(% 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.
23 +|(% style="width:225px" %)Garmin Connect|(% style="width:359px" %)For my Garmin Venu 4 Watch|Expect it to be available on /e/OS but there could be some Google challenges.
24 +|(% style="width:225px" %)Home Assistent|(% style="width:359px" %)Home Automation|Expect it to be available on /e/OS
25 +|(% style="width:225px" %)Home Wizard|(% style="width:359px" %)Solar, Electricity app|Expect it to be available on /e/OS
26 +|(% style="width:225px" %)Remeha Home|(% style="width:359px" %)For my waterpump heating|Expect it to be available on /e/OS
27 +|(% style="width:225px" %)Weawow, OpenWeather|(% style="width:359px" %)Weather App|Expect it to be available on /e/OS
28 +|(% style="width:225px" %)Unifi|(% style="width:359px" %)Network Manager|No expectations yet
29 +|(% style="width:225px" %)QPark|(% style="width:359px" %)Parking App|No expectations yet
30 +|(% style="width:225px" %)ANWB Onderweg|(% style="width:359px" %)Car App|No expectations yet
31 +|(% style="width:225px" %)Tango|(% style="width:359px" %)Fuel app|No expectations yet
32 +|(% style="width:225px" %)Sygic|(% style="width:359px" %)Navigation App|No expectations yet
33 +|(% style="width:225px" %) |(% style="width:359px" %) |
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18 18  Other functionality:
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20 -|=Function|=Use|=My expectation
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38 +|=(% style="background-color: lightblue;" %)Function|=(% style="background-color: lightblue;" %)Use|=(% style="background-color: lightblue;" %)My expectation
21 21  |Apple Pay|NFC payment|(((
22 22  Not available, I already know that. I don't want to use Google Pay or Garmin Pay.
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24 24  Challenge: What is available besides paying with physical cards.
25 25  )))
26 -|Apple Wallet| |
44 +|Apple Wallet|See Apple Pay|See Apple Pay
45 +|Siri Shortcuts|Automation|Siri shortcuts is an Apple product so not available. What are the alternatives?
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28 28  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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