“break free from Google”
requires investing in Google devices
I swear, the low quality posts with scam-like titles one sees in the Fediverse these days…
Every single time GOS comes up. Every. Single. Fucking. time.
Do you people forget that buying used is an option?
I mentioned it in a comment below. But that also depends on how the used market works where you live. To buy something privacy-minded used, I’d have to buy it either from a meatspace vendor I can check myself, or from an online vendor that will take cash in split payments and has a verifiable history in the platforms I trust.
requires investing in Google devices
It’s because Google devices are (ironically) one of the last few manufacturers that allows you to unlock the bootloader and provides mainstream “flagship” specs or foldy phones
If you want to go with an actual privacy focused phone, it requires a compromise somewhere
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The Tensor is a capable soc but not as snappy as I would like compared to Snapdragon. Your point stands, though.
Yeah, it’s very ironic isn’t it. It’s like paying Google a massive exit fee.
I mean, you could buy used, but if you are going for privacy you lose a number of assurances from doing that.
Yeah, unlike apple fanbois everywhere using whatabouitism to justify their shitty stance /s
Just buy a used phone ffs or at keast encourage those going this way so e/os can grow big enough to work with a manufacturer to make their own phone
at keast encourage those going this way so e/os can grow big enough to work with a manufacturer to make their own phone
Graphene is doing this already. They announced a partnership with an Android OEM to produce a GrapheneOS phone some time in 2027.
They recently announced they’re working on support for hardware from other manufacturers:
https://www.androidauthority.com/graphene-os-major-android-oem-partnership-3606853/
But that means making new phoens and getting them to market (and then to an affordable price), right?
If I was to make a deal with a manufacturer it’d be about releasing the relock keys for the firmware on extant builds, since there’s a reasonable overlap between people who want to go to a phone for getting outside the Google / Apple ecosystems and people who want to get their already extant devices to last.
I switched from iPhone to GrapheneOS five years ago and I remain extremely satisfied. I highly recommend it. Even if you don’t want to give Google money, you can buy used or at least rest assured that you’re still sticking it to them by denying them control and surveillance even if you buy new
Made the jump a half years ago. As is as half as hard as it Sounds and pretty Forward.
I can only recommend to do it.
Break free from Google by buying a Google Pixel, because GrapheneOS can only be installed on Pixels…
Well this is awesome. I opened the link to read the article and my phone dropped a notice that I can finally unlock the bootloader. What timing! 😃
