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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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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" %)Marshall|(% style="width:359px" %)Earpods|No expectations yet
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36 -Other functionality:
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39 -|=(% style="background-color: lightblue;" %)Function|=(% style="background-color: lightblue;" %)Use|=(% style="background-color: lightblue;" %)My expectation
40 -|Apple Pay|NFC payment|(((
41 -Not available, I already know that. I don't want to use Google Pay or Garmin Pay.
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43 -Challenge: What is available besides paying with physical cards.
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45 -|Apple Wallet|See Apple Pay|See Apple Pay
46 -|Siri Shortcuts|Automation|Siri shortcuts is an Apple product so not available. What are the alternatives?
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49 -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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51 -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.