Y no notepad.exe :honk-enraged:
I like my Chinese phone overall but by god is the default software on it ad-filled garbage
But that's okay because everything on Google Store is filled to the gills with ads too
I hate phones :agony-minion:
Actually I love smart phones, I just think they should be more like PCs. These mobile ecosystems should be burned
I rarely browse on my phone it's just too annoying on the small screen
mouse input is the best. touch screen has never really felt precise and responsive enough
Also typing on the phone is the worst. Never got used to it, always make a bunch of mistakes, and I even have tiny fingers, I can't imagine what it's like for sausage fingers people.
Download one of the libreoffice viewers from the fdroid appstore
Actually I love smart phones, I just think they should be more like PCs. These mobile ecosystems should be burned
I've heard nothing but praise for GrapheneOS, which you should be able to install and wipe out all of the pre-installed crust on your phone. Once you do that, it's best to get apps from Fdroid, but Graphene also has a feature where it can run the Google Play store and apps sandboxed if you need something that isn't FOSS.
To be clear I haven't actually tried it yet, it's just been on my radar because I've been thinking the same thing as you for a while, and just haven't pulled the trigger yet.
I have been using a graphene phone for almost 2 years. The main drawback is that I can't get OsmAnd navigator yo work even remotely as well as google or apple maps. Also, a lot of apps require google play services to work, so you don't really know how an app is gonna work until you download it. Some doesn't work at all, some works with some features (like Discord does everything except push notifications), and other stuff works fine.
But otherwise, I love my phone. It feels like mine. No bloat, no adware, no bullshit. It immediately changed my relationship to my phone. But if I would replace it I might not go completely de-googled, and instead choose another os that maybe isn't as necessarily security hardened, as the lack of some google features is genuinely kind of a pain. It would be nice to like turn it off, to not have your whole system be required to use it, but still be able to.
