I haven’t seen any mention of android firewall programs. There are several options anf I can block every google playstore app and telemetry domains completely, without root access. That’s as close to LineageOS as I’ll get because my device has a locked bootloader, and I don’t think there is a known way around it, which is a detriment to my freedom, but I guess the company selling these devices also has the freedom to lock it down.
It’s such bullcrap. The companies are trying to force their sheep into hardware purchases, to patch the software. It’s very clear what’s going on here.
I haven’t used Android (or iOS) in a long time but if I remember correctly the firewall apps showed a special “key” in the notification bar and there could only be one running at a time. I think they’re using a part of Android’s system that’s intended for VPNs? because when I used the ProtonVPN app it also showed a key and another firewall app couldn’t be running.
Yep that’s how it is. These devices were not designed with user freedom in mind. Only one firewall. Or one vpn, so I just don’t tunnel through random servers, seems way more secure to just go through the netowrk without one, https is encypted so no alarm about connection tampering. I think vpn are a waste unless you configure your own vpn. They are of limited use, and to me, zero use for normal browsing, including nudity. I don’t go through vpn for that anymore, I’m not on the sites for long.