It does, but a lot of people but the pixels specifically to put graphene on it because graphene they’re compatible and graphene offers better privacy and security. What I’m getting here is drug dealers are using graphene to dodge digital narcs and it’s becoming common enough that the Venn diagram skews heavily to drug dealing.
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mkwt@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Doesn’t a Google Pixel device come with its own OS image by default, independent of Graphene OS? Is there some kind of step that we’re missing here?
Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I mean yeah, I’d say 250k is a lot for a 3rd party phone OS.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
The experience speaks for itself. I dont know of anyone who’s ever willingly gone back to stock android either.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
You can buy them with either stock Android, or Graphene. Meaning you don’t need to re flash the device or anything.
gravitywell@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
You cant buy grapheneos preloaded on anything and doing so would be pretty foolish since it could be backdoored. GraphenOS is aimed at people who value security and privacy, you dont let some rando flash your phone if you value those things.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
You absolutely can, just not from the manufacturer. But I agree that it’s dumb, installation is easy and doesn’t come with the added risk of the seller putting on some spyware or whatever.
SirMaple__@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I think this is incorrect but I could be wrong.
You can not buy a Pixel device preloaded with GrapheneOS. They only come from Google with their standard Android and it’s up to the end user to install GrapheneOS
wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
If friends asked I would flash their pixel with Graphene, then set it up basically as they would use it for them.
Getting started was complex, your average user won’t have a good experience getting their apps added without a power user helping.
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
I would like to install it someday but I’m afraid of this process
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Hmm, you used to be able to buy them directly from Google, but that doesn’t seem to be the case any more.
IllNess@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
Umm… I don’t think that’s right. I don’t think you could ever buy a phone from Google with GrapheneOS.
Grappling7155@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
[deleted]SirMaple__@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Yeah I’d consider that as a used phone. I’d only get the hardware from the OEM and install GrapheneOS myself. Less chance of man in the middle. It’s super easy to install using the web installer.
TheBat@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yes. Cops are idiots. Duh.