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> Would love to ditch google and use grapheneOS grapheneOS only works with google phones.
by ekjhgkejhgk 8mo ago
> Would love to ditch google and use grapheneOS
grapheneOS only works with google phones.
- 4gotunameagain 8mo agoI would rather pay a one off ransom to google, than have them harvest all my data and profit from them in perpetuity. Better yet, you can buy a used pixel phone.
- burningChrome 8mo agoPixel 9 Pro handsets are going for around $500 on the secondary markets like ebay. That's a only a single generation off from their current Pixel 10 models and you still get OS and security updates until 2031. Not a bad deal and pretty crazy how fast smartphones depreciate now.
- microtonal 8mo agoIndeed and Pixel 10 was 549 Euro here just a few weeks ago and Pixel 9a as low as 338 Euro.
- kruffalon 8mo agoFor now[0]. And I don't really think that people mean using google hardware but rather being mined by google software. May I ask, if you (a) just want to be technically correct, (b) don't see the difference or (c) are trying to make a point I don't understand and if so would be willing to explain? --- [0] https://piunikaweb.com/2026/02/02/grapheneos-non-pixel-hardware-announcement/ https://piunikaweb.com/2026/02/02/grapheneos-non-pixel-hardw...