eOS is just Android, so Android apps work.
That aside, eOS has a history of being often behind on security patches and updates, so it is highly recommend to avoid it.
That also depends a lot. Often (e.g. on Fairphone) the stock ROM may lag behind way worse than e/OS.
So if a user has reasons to avoid a Pixel, or just wants to improve their privacy without replacing their device, e/OS may be a marked improvement even on security.
Are there any other Android based OS that are neither Google nor flawed?
I've been on eOS for four years and I have never had a single security incident. You people love to parrot the same shit over and over
Just because you have not had a problem does not mean they aren't behind on patches.
Table here web.archive.org/web/20250115203332/https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm
I've eOS on several of my devices: my bank app works on my phone but I had to close my revolut account because their app requires google safetynet.
Not quite, it requires Play integrity.
Safteynet seems to mostly work.
- an app that require a device integrity in a rom with gapps, just run from beginning in eos (although eos only passed basic integrity, interesting)
- a ride hailing app that iirc use google maps, now use (openstreet?) map but the app use an amoled dark theme map (black). in another app, they use light theme map
- not all paid apps works, even with the usual workaround of repurchase and cancel
