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I made two honest attempts to move completely away from the three Big Tech mobile monopolies (only two now, the dystopia keeps consolidating...): once with Symbian a long time ago, once with Ubuntu Touch.
Yeah, the phones do phone things. And if you squint hard enough at the Linux phone, the look and feel is almost as polished an experience as Android's.
But here's the thing: as soon as you need to make a payment with your bank's app or you need to connect to your company's Teams, you're shit out of luck and you need a backup monopoly phone. That happens very fast and it gets tiring very quickly.
So I'm still on Android. DeGoogled Android (CalyxOS) but still code from the Google dystopia ultimately, because however much I hate Google, I'm also a practical man who would like to live his life somewhat normally.
That's how entrenched the monopolies are: even when you're as dedicated as I am to avoiding them, you can't.
what does CarlyxOS do for you, and could a fairly inept end user use it?
Not the original commenter, but just a +1 for Calyx from me.
It is very easy to install and it clears away a lot of low level Google tracking within the OS itself. It also comes with some nice additions like a firewall system for blocking internet access for that one google app (like keyboard or camera) you still need for whatever reason. Can't recommend it enough.
does it require root?
no, it requires unlocking the bootloader in order to replace the OS completely.