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Version 2.1 by Andre on 2026/08/21 15:37
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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 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 Here are two examples:
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7 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.
8 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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10 ==== What to explore? ====
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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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18 Other functionality:
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20 |=Function|=Use|=My expectation
21 |Apple Pay|NFC payment|(((
22 Not available, I already know that. I don't want to use Google Pay or Garmin Pay.
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24 Challenge: What is available besides paying with physical cards.
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26 |Apple Wallet| |
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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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30 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.