If you have root access it isn’t a problem, then you can use alternatives, like GrapheneOS, Ubuntu Touch, CalyxOS or similar. The only problem is if you need an official app, since they are usually only available for Android or iOS. Then the only are Replicant or LinageOS, these are “degoogled” Android forks
Through Waydroid and others you can run many if not most Android apps on supported Linux kernels. PostmarketOS and the PinePhone can use this to make using them a lot easier. You can even add MicroG to the mix to get most Play Services dependencies to work.
You’ll probably have to fight apps for banking and apps that use DRM, though. However, things like messengers should work on most cases, if not with slightly higher battery drain because the Google unified push API is missing.
If you have root access it isn’t a problem, then you can use alternatives, like GrapheneOS, Ubuntu Touch, CalyxOS or similar. The only problem is if you need an official app, since they are usually only available for Android or iOS. Then the only are Replicant or LinageOS, these are “degoogled” Android forks
Through Waydroid and others you can run many if not most Android apps on supported Linux kernels. PostmarketOS and the PinePhone can use this to make using them a lot easier. You can even add MicroG to the mix to get most Play Services dependencies to work.
You’ll probably have to fight apps for banking and apps that use DRM, though. However, things like messengers should work on most cases, if not with slightly higher battery drain because the Google unified push API is missing.
GrapheneOS and CalyxOS run Android apps though