I just got tired of everything being a hack. I simply need my phone to work and I also see a bit of irony installing play services just to receive proper notifications. I know I know the whole app sandboxing bit. But still, it seems counterintuitive I don’t have to worry if my phone’s going to let me down if I’m driving a need to download some obscure parking app or if I need tap to pay to function which in the United States I do. One time I was at Costco, renewing my membership, they needed me to download the app real quick to do something on the account. But because the app wouldn’t function right, my wife had to do it.

I needed to buy some ribs the other day, but I forgot my wallet. If I had tapped to pay on my phone, that wouldn’t have been an issue.

I tried GrapheneOS on my Pixel, and it’s pretty cool, but unfortunately I want my phone to have full functionality. I’ll sacrifice some privacy and just practice digital minimalism, which ultimately is the best form of privacy.