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At least so far Samsung is letting me disable Gemini, as I try to do to any bloatware I don't want running in the background.
I have a Pixel phone im bout to throw in the river
get grapheneos!!
boo! custom roms!
I can't bring myself to use a Pixel because I don't trust Google-everything. I have so much to say, and yet I've said it a thousand times already. So I'm just gonna sigh.
And yes, I know I'm on Android either way.
It was free a few years ago, I've hated it since I got it. I think I got vibes from the windows phone a friend had some years ago and .. thought it would be the same? Idk Mine broke, and it was free. Eh
River, meet phone.
Why not throw graphene or another alternative on it (if supported) instead of turning it into e-waste?
I know nothing about it. Next time I feel wired up for learning, I'll look into it.
Just making jokes about the river, littering is never cool
Isn't graphene left for dead because of Google being a bunch of dildos?
There are ways they can work around it, but their lead developer was drafted into their country's military. Ultimately, they're going to have to make their own phone, and it looks like they're making plans to do that.
For now, it's fine.
they're also working on backporting android 16 to pixels. in phase 2/3 last time i checked, so they are doing decently well. it's not over, it just adds more work for them that i'm sure they can overcome. security updates already backported :)
Second that, graphene os is really nice. I have all my intrusive work apps like team, google play stuff on a separate profile and my maim profile has all the private data and contacts. Just watch a yt for setup and follow website instructions, take maybe a few hours to set up.