last night, my pixel came! I flashed Graphene and I am now running it smoothly!
I am in the process of downloading apps and I have a question: I am interested in at least using discord on this device. It is absolutely one of my most used apps. On PC, I use legchord. Im a big fan. Is there something similar available for mobile? and I have a similar question for Whatsapp, and FB messenger (although those are less important)?
I run my own Matrix server and just bridge Whatsapp, Messenger, Discord and Telegram to it. Element (a matrix client I’m using) Works without google services.
The only catch is I have to have a second Play-services enabled profile on the phone, and sign in to whatsapp there every two weeks, so it keeps my Matrix session fresh.
I did the same 4 years ago and it kinda worked, but often Telegram messages were not delivered (never saw them). Compatibility also broke for some messeger a few weeks later. It was not worth the time invest.
The way I run it is Google Play lives in the Private Space, which is well worth setting up. That way you don’t have “secure but not anonymous” pings going back to Google all day
It’s nice because then I don’t just have war footage living in my main gallery too lol
Same. This is the way.
- Owner profile only for installing and updating apps
- Primary/daily profile for pure FOSS apps
- Private space within the primary profile for Google services and any apps that require it
For Discord, the newest one AFAIK is Revenge which is also in the middle of a rewrite, there’s Aliucord also which is mature but on an old version of Discord. On desktop there’s also EquiBop. Some people are suggesting Matrix bridges as well which I should try. Be careful with WhatsApp since I’ve heard they’re very ban-happy.
