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WeepingAngel@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Google Pixel + GrapheneOS

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  • carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    also, idk how true this is, but ive seen that google sells pixels at a loss when they’re on sale (they expect to make back the money by spying on you)

    so if you were to get a pixel while it’s on sale and install grapheneos on it, not only would you get a nice phone with a secure os, but you’d do so while costing google money. win win win!

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  • ArtVandelay@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Do things like banking and MFA apps work? I have to have Duo for work

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    • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      For some it works, for me it doesn’t and graphene is detected as an unsupported OS.

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    • asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Not sure, I’ve been looking at Graphene myself but haven’t used it. Just passing on what I’ve seen.

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  • WeepingAngel@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Well, the point is I do not trust either. I am on apple now, but my experience with android is that there are apps you cannot uninstall.

    On the other hand I have once tried a custom rom, but it was not a great experience. I do think I will need to try this again.

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    • asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Custom ROMs are all different. Some suck, some don’t. I’ve heard very good things about Graphene. You can even install it from the web in a couple clicks.

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• OrganicMustard@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  You can install CalyxOS or other custom ROM

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  • DeathsEmbrace@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    GrapheneOS

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    • noodlejetski@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      not on the Fairphone.

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• Bogasse@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Yeah, the most “free” option is probably android custom ROMs (anything based on lineageos, I suppose).

  There are alternatives that are slowly building up, such as postmarketos, but it’s not production ready.

  I think KaiOS was a thing for a while, and it’s based on FirefoxOS. But you would have to ditch the confort of a real smartphone and I’m not sure it’s still active?

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• Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Fairphone uses their own custom OS to degoogle things and help ensure privacy. I dont think its perfect but its about as good as it gets. Otherwise you can buy a google phone and degoogle it with Graphene

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  • noodlejetski@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Fairphone uses their own custom OS to degoogle things and help ensure privacy

    no they don’t. the default Fairphone OS runs stock Android with all Google apps. there are degoogled custom ROMs available, and you can buy some models with it preinstalled, but those are managed by third party resellers/partners.

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    • Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      You are right, I had it a little backward. The e foundation makes /e/OS, and they sell a murena fairphone 5 with the OS preinstalled. So you can get a fairphone thay way, or just install it yourself.

      e.foundation/e-os/

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• Lumiluz@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  You can install /e/ on the Fairphone

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  • noodlejetski@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    or CalyxOS if you’re not too fond of knockoff iOS UI.

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    • Lumiluz@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Forgot that runs on Fairphone.

      Yeah, Calyx is the better option for it

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