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• ego@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Been on graphene for a few months now. Aside from a few apps that are over-reliant on the Google ecosystem, it’s works fine. Would recommend. Battery is also a lot better with all the tracking and such removed.

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• CaptKoala@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  GrapheneOS user here, compared to my stock android pixel it’s night and day, no sense of my phone spying on me.

  I use almost entirely FOSS on the graphene one, I now do most of my daily phone activities on the graphene, and use the stock primarily for work (I refuse to taint the graphene phone just so I can do my job).

  The installation was extremely simplistic compared to other custom android versions I’ve run. It was literally: plug in phone, click button, phone restarted itself, clicked another button, done.

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  • kylian0087@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hey I am also using GrapheneOS. And what you could do for work is setup a second profile that is not allowed to run when not active. That way it is fully isolated environment for work. Add to that that GrapheneOS lets you install Google related things inside a user profile without needing them to have root access. as some work related things might require google services.

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    • CaptKoala@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I have a second profile set up already, exclusively for Google play services and anything else I don’t want on the main profile.

      I might make a third exclusively for work, but as it stands the second phone actually makes more sense in that regard in terms of taxation, simplicity of use etc. no faffing about with profile switching, just check which colour phone and then slam that fingerprint down on the sensor.

      I do however welcome suggestions, perhaps I should make a post rather than just lurking in the comments for once…

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• EngineerGaming@feddit.nl ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  More like LineageOS because Graphene is only available on very specific, hyper-expensive devices. Or just expensive if you want one that is already out of support.

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  • kylian0087@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No really. Almost all the google pixels are supported. You do not need to get the pro versions if you don’t want to.

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    • EngineerGaming@feddit.nl ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Normal, non-pro are expensive AF too. The non-pro Pixel 7 is around $500. The latest ones I remember seeing for $300 and under are Pixel 5.

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      • orosus@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        If you buy them second hand they are not expensive, I bought recently a Pixel 6 in backmarket for 200€ and it works perfectly.

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      • kylian0087@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I mean if you are going to put GOS on it. Perhaps a second hand device is not a issue. Also non pro cost about 400 where I live.

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