Can you you Android without Google? Kickstarter project eelo attempt and the maker has his target is already well within.
eelo: Android without Google
Is it possible to use Android without Google information about yourself to give? The maker of the Kickstarter-project eelo think the solution to have. On the page for the project writes Gaël Duval is not happy with Google and similar companies: “They are become great, and track us through a lot of information about what we do. They want as much as possible in order to sell ads. Just like millions of others, I am a product of Google.”
Duval wants his privacy back and that is not easy. He says no stock Android to want to use it, because Google is everywhere to be found and the default interface does not suit him. In the basis function eelo, therefore, LineageOS, but with a new interface, and other standard apps. Duval wants to offer services as an alternative to Google, namely cloud storage, a search engine and a way to get the saved settings back. Also wants to Duval for three years to provide updates.
The project is called eelo, because follow Duval eels (eels) of small fish which can hide in the sea. “That is perfect for my quest for more privacy”. Profit is not the main goal, writes Duval. He says the project for the public interest.
There is, in any case there is enough interest. Duval and his team ask for 25,000 euros and at the time of this writing, there are already more than 60,000 euros deposited by 877 people and there are still thirteen days to go. Still dreaming of the team all of higher amounts. They know two million to pick up, then they come with a private eelo smartphone and a own voice assistant. Or it gets that far is questionable, but the dreams will not lie.
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