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I'm considering using lineage OS on my android devices. Has anyone tried this? (lemmy.ml)

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Not sure if this is the best place to ask, but has anyone used lineage OS, and is this a good Rom in order to prevent google data mining and tracking?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago

I do like to nuke and pave new devices by installing LineageOS without the GApps package (Google Apps). If the bootloader can be unlocked on your device and LineageOS supports the device, then that's usually the easiest and cleanest way to get to a largely Google-free experience.

LineageOS isn't really built with privacy as a goal, so it's not going to be perfect. For example, DNS requests will still by default go to Google and the LineageOS browser is also basically just an improved version of Chromium.
But yeah, it's better than 99% of the default ROMs that are out there, because those aren't built with privacy in mind either and have the Google Apps on top.