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I’m rooted to…

• backup & restore my apps as I please (as well as scheduled backups to my SD card)
• BMS control to keep my battery in good health
• Automation app for automating stuff (like Tasker)
• revoking typically unrevokable permissions from system and Google apps
• To actually feel like I own my device.

If I wanted a heavily curated (and somewhat locked down) experience, I’d be in the Apple ecosystem - don’t know why Google thinks it’s a great idea to force this ideology onto practically all Android users…

Similar situation with that additional warning for sideloading apps - there’s already two warnings and Play Protect typically uninstalls these apps anyway, without the user’s consent - in one case deleting KDE Connect from users’ devices if installed with F-Droid

Uhh I definitely went off on a tangent, oops.

Not FOSS as it’s under another license, but there’s “FUTO Voice Input” if you’re looking for a local alternative to Google’s voice dictation on Android

https://gitlab.futo.org/alex/voiceinput

The repo has a list of supported and unsupported Android keyboards. Under the hood it uses OpenAI Whisper

Themes and DEs inspired by Mac tend to have a very clear and consistent design language IME

Gnome also falls into the clear and consistent camp too.

I value consistency a lot