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Ready to #deGoogle 💯 per cent?

We've reviewed the top five smartphones that help you go Google-free in 2026.

@volla
@Fairphone
@murena
#SHIFTphone
#Punkt

Which one is your favorite?

➡️ tuta.com/blog/degoogled-phones

Google's Android with a red cross symbol, alternatives with a green tick symbol: Volla, Fairphone, Punkt, Shift, Murena

DeGoogled phones, made in Europe: Fairphone, Volla, SHIFTphone, Punkt – a full review. | Tuta

With the growing trend to deGoogle, European phone makers are becoming popular alternatives. Let’s look at the top five in this review.
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#degoogle #shiftphone #punkt @Fairphone @Volla @Murena - choose freedom!
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Okuna

@andree4live @oneloop additionally, every website you visit you should check if it's hosted in the Google Cloud because that would mean it's not Google Free either.

So the question is, what is the definition of Google Free? For me, it is by default no connections to any Google server, no usage of any Google app, etc. And the control is fully with the user.
And with this definition, as far as I know, there is only #grapheneOS.
Others seem to connect at least to the captive portal or supl or connectivity checks to google server

#grapheneos @SmarTekk @cake-duke
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Okuna

@oneloop yes, their communication habits have been a point of discussion in many forums and from a lot of people, even people who really respect their technical capabilities. I once went to their forum and asked a few questions because i was a newbie and basically they said if I ask one more question in this regards they blocked me from the forum.
But since there is no perfect solution where moral and communication and technical capabilities etc are all perfect, I have to prioritize.
Whenever I needed help from the forum or from people in the discussion forums of GrapheneOS, I got competent and quick help.
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GrapheneOS

Every option you're promoting has atrocious privacy and security. Each one lacks the most basic privacy and security patches/protections.

You're also making highly inaccurate and misleading claims about GrapheneOS. This has been a repeated issue with Tuta. It's not surprising considering you're supporting groups not only scamming people but actively spreading misinformation about GrapheneOS and attacking our team with harassment.

We're going to be publishing a response to Tuta.

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cake-duke

@GrapheneOS @Okuna grapheneOS incessant mud slinging. You're toxic.

social.tchncs.de/@Okuna/115826…

Okuna

2026-01-02 18:18:59

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@oneloop yes, their communication habits have been a point of discussion in many forums and from a lot of people, even people who really respect their technical capabilities. I once went to their forum and asked a few questions because i was a newbie and basically they said if I ask one more question in this regards they blocked me from the forum.
But since there is no perfect solution where moral and communication and technical capabilities etc are all perfect, I have to prioritize.
Whenever I needed help from the forum or from people in the discussion forums of GrapheneOS, I got competent and quick help.

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GrapheneOS

@oneloop @Okuna No, it's you who is toxic. You engage in libel and harassment along with supporting companies led by serial harassers. Here's the CEO of Murena linking to libelous harassment content from a neo-nazi conspiracy site as part of directly supporting French law enforcement attacks on GrapheneOS:

archive.is/SWXPJ
archive.is/n4yTO

Murena has engaged in very extensive harassment, false marketing and outright scamming. That's toxic, not your lies about us.

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GrapheneOS

@oneloop @Okuna Defending ourselves from endless misinformation, false marketing and harassment including Tuta's repeated attacks on GrapheneOS is not toxic. Tuta should actually try making private/secure services instead of endless false attacks on Proton, GrapheneOS and others. Tuta should really cut out the misinformation and focus on improving their extremely flawed services far worse than their competitors. This is not the first time they're misleading people about GrapheneOS.
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GrapheneOS

@oneloop @Canning1452 As a reminder, here you are spreading a false story about GrapheneOS with absolutely no evidence earlier in this thread while making an attack on us:

mastodon.xyz/@oneloop/11582759…

You're spreading a baseless lie about our team (libel) while having seen absolutely no evidence for it. At the same time, you're falsely accusing us of doing what you're objectively and provably doing earlier in this thread. It's ridiculous how desperate you folks are to attack GrapheneOS.

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@GrapheneOS @Okuna grapheneOS incessant mud slinging. You're toxic.

social.tchncs.de/@Okuna/115826…

♲ @Okuna@social.tchncs.de:

@oneloop yes, their communication habits have been a point of discussion in many forums and from a lot of people, even people who really respect their technical capabilities. I once went to their forum and asked a few questions because i was a newbie and basically they said if I ask one more question in this regards they blocked me from the forum.
But since there is no perfect solution where moral and communication and technical capabilities etc are all perfect, I have to prioritize.
Whenever I needed help from the forum or from people in the discussion forums of GrapheneOS, I got competent and quick help.



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Sora Célestinia

I'll switch to Murena /e/OS through the incoming Hiroh phone and Fairphone 6 or higher in the future.

iodéOS and Volla are great too.

I was interested about GrapheneOS but dropped it because of its leader's hammer statements and harassments towards other Android-forked open-source projects, highlighted during the French fake news campaign last November.

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