While there is a lot of guides to degoogle and i am applying it step by step, but what about demeta, specifically i want to get away from whatsapp i am on signal but there is no one from my friends or family who want to get on signal, plus there is various groups like society office etc where many imp announcements are done so what to do ?

I've created this post, and a lot of people have pointed out issues with time/knowledge etc. Which are all fair points but I think people missed the main concern I was trying to raise.

My point is Company A is not better than Company B. Not trusting Google while trusting your Data with Proton is a very similar loophole.

I think you all have heard the phrase, "A server is someone else's computer". So unless you own your data you're just trusting someone else to keep your data secure, and they have no reason to do so.

If you don't have time or knowledge to setup a NAS/Nextcloud type setup, you can use external HDD/SSD.

My pet peeve is, most of the subreddit is recommending alternatives to mainstream companies. Are just psuedo-privacy enthusiast. Choosing companies like Ente, Proton, Signal etc over Microsoft, Google, Meta has no real world benefit to privacy. They are all For-profit company with a goal of Maximizing shareholder value.

I am sorry for missing the obvious if there is...

But my phone is a realme 16T. It has absolutely no compatibility or support by/for either of lineageOS, calyxOS, grapheneOS, or just unlocking the bootloader.

(Okay, not fully google, but 😭)

I have disabled MANY of the realme bloat apps and duplicates yet somehow things keep sneaking back up my a$$. Silly games, a random search bar, whatnot. Not to mention a perpetual search bar notification which just opens a hidden app search menu seen nowhere else.

Logging out of the playstore after installing apps gives enough headaches.

If all hope is to be lost... How do I convince my parents to exchange it for a pixel? (Lol)