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You can also get GrapheneOS right now on Google-branded hardware, which is expensive but not enshittified.
by inigyou 4mo ago
You can also get GrapheneOS right now on Google-branded hardware, which is expensive but not enshittified.
- dmantis 4mo agoTrue. Though I have mixed feelings buying new pixel from Google after all these actions.
- theandrewbailey 4mo agoThen buy a used or open box one. There's plenty of people who try switching to Android and buy Pixels, but go back to their iPhones in a week.
- inigyou 4mo agoI don't. When they start making shit hardware, stop buying their hardware. As long as it's good, buy it. That's a free market price signal.
- gruez 4mo ago>which is expensive The rumored Motorola devices are even more expensive. It's the signature and some foldables, all in the 1000+ MSRP range. At least with pixels you can get the a series for as little as 400 on sale.
- superloika 4mo agoIf you buy one of the Motorola Grapheneos phones, you're gonna be marked. You will stand out in the crowd. It has happened before and will happen more frequently as the world becomes more authoritarian.
- inigyou 4mo agoYes, people can tell a phone is running Graphene. They just can't get in.
- dmantis 4mo agoOn the other hand, privacy becomes a luxury. People love signaling their status and standing out from the crowd. Entire car and clothing brands exist solely because of that. And if enough people stand out, it doesn't matter anymore.
- iamnothere 4mo agoOh but “the government already knows everything” as all the other privacy doomers like to say. “They” can probably already predict what phone you’re going to buy and what you’re going to eat for lunch, right? So why worry about this?
- goda90 4mo agoLineageOS is still a thing too.
- velocity3230 4mo agoBut not in the same league as GrapheneOS.