Recommendation improvement

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@Pragmatic

I don’t know if this has already been discussed

From a cursory search on the forum, the following threads and replies pop up for each of the “categories” you mentioned.

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@Pragmatic

Alternatives do exist, however, such as HeliBoard or FlorisBoard

Recommend open source Android keyboards

https://divestos.org/pages/recommended_apps#keyboards Do not ever use any keyboard apps that are proprietary and/or require network permission. It doesn’t matter how great that auto-complete is, it’s very bad if it’s sending everything you type to a server somewhere just to be data mined. It doesn’t even matter if it has a “good” privacy policy or if you trust the creator, sending it away incurs the chance of being intercepted by a less trusted party. Study from 2022: How Private Are And…

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@Pragmatic

Alternatives also exist, such as OsmAnd, Organic Maps or Magic Earth (albeit not open source)

1: Add a Navigation Section
2: Organic Maps

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@Pragmatic

Google Message, where messages sent first go through Google’s servers

Link to the above reply: Downside of using Google apps on GrapheneOS? - #14 by dngray

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@Pragmatic

SMS applications bundled with encrypted messaging

See the following exchange in 1 and 2

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@Pragmatic

alternative launcher applications, so that those who visit the site know that there are alternatives that are more respectful of privacy than Nova Launcher

1: Alternative Android Launchers (FOSS) - #4 by matchboxbananasynergy

It’s hard to think that if you’re worried about the stock OS on your Android device “spying” on you, simply replacing the launcher will fix or even improve the situation. It will only introduce another party into the mix. The OEM has a lot of other things installed on your device in most cases, including things you can’t remove, so the effects of replacing the launcher are dubious.

2: Alternative Android Launchers (FOSS) - #8 by ph00lt0

if the launcher is doing shady stuff many core systems will probably do so as well on those devices. The only good way to get rid of that is installing a custom [operating system]. Replacing the launcher simply isn’t solving anything.