I only use my (Lineage OS) private phone for cellular telephony, some limited Google apps (Gmail, calendar, weather) and tethering my tablets and my GOS phone. As such any phone or MiFi router (which I’ve used in the past) would do. My work phone is a stock Fairphone.
So I only need a WiFi Linux or Android tablet with decent touch support.
I guess the main problem is when universities, employers, etc. require that you install an app for access to some essential part of your business with them. That’s the kind of application that cannot easily be replaced with an open source equivalent, and will unfortunately probably tie many to proprietary versions of Android in the near future.
Some of the time using these apps can be avoided, but I’d imagine this is only temporary, and either way it adds significant inconvenience a lot of the time to try to go without them.
My employer provides work phones and notebooks. I don’t own these devices, nor do I use these for private purposes.
I haven’t heard that local universities mandate proprietary device ownership, though it is possible. I would complain about that.
I only use my (Lineage OS) private phone for cellular telephony, some limited Google apps (Gmail, calendar, weather) and tethering my tablets and my GOS phone. As such any phone or MiFi router (which I’ve used in the past) would do. My work phone is a stock Fairphone.
So I only need a WiFi Linux or Android tablet with decent touch support.
I guess the main problem is when universities, employers, etc. require that you install an app for access to some essential part of your business with them. That’s the kind of application that cannot easily be replaced with an open source equivalent, and will unfortunately probably tie many to proprietary versions of Android in the near future.
Some of the time using these apps can be avoided, but I’d imagine this is only temporary, and either way it adds significant inconvenience a lot of the time to try to go without them.
My employer provides work phones and notebooks. I don’t own these devices, nor do I use these for private purposes. I haven’t heard that local universities mandate proprietary device ownership, though it is possible. I would complain about that.