Does open source launchers help? (lemmy.ml)

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I am on one ui right now, I dont know if they collect any telemetry. Will it help to pick a minimal one from fdroid?

Also for battery life, would one ui perform better because better optimisiation or debloated foss launcher?

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[-] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Similar to NetGuard there is Tracker Control. It also uses the VPN "slot" but it can additionally run a wireguard tunnel itself now. So you can combine access control, adblocking on DNS level and actual vpn.

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this post was submitted on 04 Sep 2026

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