Normie girlfriend lacks enthusiasm and daughter bombarded with ads

3T_Ed

Agree with @Moem
When it boils down to open source and privacy respecting devices in general never ever assume your partner or children will go along. Any hickup or non-interoperable app that makes a partner non inclusive from their peers will be noted and feed aversy. This will not be spoken out publicly but meanwhile be stacked up on the pile of arguments and will lead to a burst you did not see coming regardless your best efforts and how hard you tried to make it work for your partner.

Better buy your partner a phone that fits her needs out of the box, have it work on a dedicated wifi access point and install the obvious apps that should protect her from the brutal world. And just let go, do not persist. Remember the best way is not the easiest way even when you know and it is your believe there's a way now.

There will come a time when your partner will be stuck with that mainstream device she wanted 'to work without hassle like the ones of the peers' to then look over your shoulder and voluntarily be interested in how you manage to keep your devices running safe and secure after many years without re-investing every 3 years whilst being able to boot any application. Then your partner will be all ears. This is the only way to not be that 'stuborn' guy and it will save your partnership/marriage.

MrT10001

My other half will only have Samsung Phones as she knows where stuff is. God forbid if they do a ROM update and swap things around. I don't argue as I made the mistake (ahem mistake in more ways than one) of getting her an iphone. That didn't go down too well....

Moem

@3t_ed said in Normie girlfriend lacks enthusiasm and daughter bombarded with ads:

This is the only way to not be that 'stuborn' guy and it will save your partnership/marriage.

Agreed, but let's not make this a gendered issue. It doesn't have to be. My partner is male, he doesn't use UT, and that is fine. I'm plenty stubborn, but I'm not a guy.
We choose our own OSses in this house and that's how we like it.

MrT10001

@moem Definitely not a gendered issue, blokes are as bad.Most people just use what they know and if it changes they have a meltdown. Bit like supermarkets swapping food aisles to keep you on your toes when you do the weekly shop. Irritating, but an easy work through.
I got my lad using UT, but only phoning and texting, which worked for him. If he used Facebook, he went through Morph.

Matt73

Well the whole reason I wanted to get her a Linux phone was because I was sick of her iphone eavesdropping on us. Even when I went into privacy settings, and turned off mic access, I would still talk about something and then go in my room fire up my laptop and get a video about what I was talking about it in my recommended videos. This was noticeable because sometimes I would talk about something I hadn't mentioned in years and then a video would come up. It can't just be a coincidence. I just hate being bugged in my own home. It's just too creepy. I spoke to a guy that fixes Apple products for a living and he said that they still listen even when you tell them not to. Scandalous. So that's why I persuaded my gf to try this other phone. I've explained to her about how damaging facebook is but she likes to go on instagram. I don't want to force people into anything, I just don't want to be bugged at home when I'm chatting to my gf and kids.

So if anyone has any ideas on how she can use her iphone without it eavesdropping constantly then she can go back to it. Failing that, I thought that I could maybe get waydroid to work within UT so she can run some android apps on that. But God knows how you do that. Any pointers on how to get waydroid working on UT? Sorry for just taking here on this forum but I try to pay the kindness on in other ways.

Best Wishes

Matt

MrT10001

@matt73 Check here. I found Waydroid hit and miss and don't use it anymore...

Moem

@matt73 said in Normie girlfriend lacks enthusiasm and daughter bombarded with ads:

I just don't want to be bugged at home when I'm chatting to my gf and kids.

That's fair. Well, as suggested above, I would look into LineageOS + MicroG.

Keneda

@moem said in Normie girlfriend lacks enthusiasm and daughter bombarded with ads:

MicroG

Only if she needs apps that require this ^^

Matt73

My gf just moaned and moaned about this UT phone so in the end I gave her back her iphone. You guys are right, you can't force anyone to wake up and adopt alt-tech. Same with the mask wearers. I berated them for 2 years on the bus and all I got for my trouble was verbal abuse and even attempts at physical violence.

In the meantime, I'll continue to tinker with the UT phone. I need to figure out how to log into banking (but maybe the collapse of banks will take care of that ha ha), change the input language, how she can use the dreaded messenger and whatsapp (all her friends remain stubbornly on it) with video calls possible and a few other things. It's a challenge and a little side project.

Maybe she will come around in the future but by God it takes the masses a long time to catch on.

Anyway, thanks for all the advice here. I will figure out how to get waydroid working within UT.

Best Wishes

Matt

cliffcoggin

@matt73 said in Normie girlfriend lacks enthusiasm and daughter bombarded with ads:

My gf just moaned and moaned about this UT phone so in the end I gave her back her iphone.

What do you mean by "gave it back to her"? That makes it sound as if you stole it from her.

Matt73

@cliffcoggin No, she gave it to me to sell but I just put it on a shelf.

stanwood

My wife has been using a Vollaphone with Ubuntu Touch since December 2020 following my persistent advice.
She continues to use her Iphone 8 in parallel.

The first year she only used her Vollaphone when travelling or making phone calls. But since WayDroid became available and functional, she uses it more and more. (50% of the time now).

Now it can be easily installed through this application on the OpenStore:
https://open-store.io/app/waydroidhelper.aaronhafer

And here are some tips on how to set it up properly:
https://forums.ubports.com/topic/5907/open-ubuntu-touch-to-all-android-applications/114

It should be noted that this project is still experimental and may lead to the total malfunction of the device, although in the vast majority of cases everything goes well.f

The Pixel 3A XL should work fine on WayDroid, except for some issues with video playback. (possibly solved now)

Matt73

@stanwood Ok, that's really useful I will look into those links. Thanks a lot.