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What phone brand do you like the best?
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I don't recall it was hard to install IodéOS on a Fairphone 4.
True, since Fairphone's focus seems to be on fairness in the hardware. I wish they were better on the software side as well.
I think if Fairphones get GrapheneOS support, it would be a no brainer for many. A phone you can repair yourself, which is fairly produced, with the safety and the absence of Google from GrapheneOS would be a good combo
Then Fairphone needs to up their hardware security and software support. GrapheneOS has minimum requirements that vendors must meet for GrapheneOS to support them, and Fairphone doesn't measure up. Only Pixels do, at the moment.
Fairphone should also work on the fairness side of things, because they dropped the headphone jack and, with a heavy heart I'm sure, started selling unfair Lithium Earbuds...
Their reasoning was, in part, people who bought their modular repairable phone said it was too big.
In that case, would you not recommend Motorola? I’m not very well versed on their terms of privacy, and I really like the way they look and how seemingly good the battery is, but if it’s considered unsafe or full of malware then I might need to look other ways.
I will read more into this, but it sounds reasonable. If I were to get a Pixel, is there any particular model I should get or does it not matter? Does Graphene support all models?
That is certainly over dramatic for what is in that article. All they do with Google is trivial things like updating your systems internal clock. A large portion of what is in that article is able to be disabled and prevented by not using Micro-G.
There seems to be massive beef and drama between Calyx and Graphene communities, I have no idea what any of that is about, but this dramatization doesn’t help.
GrapheneOS supports recent Pixels. I think right now they are supporting the 5a and later, with legacy and extended support back to the 4.
In general, they stop providing updates when Google does. Check both to be sure, but newer is better if you want longer support.
I'm going Google will launch a Pixel 8a in a couple months so I can either get it or the 8 at a discount.
For posterity and nuance, here's the answer from their site: Which devices are supported? but you're right for the most part.
Grapehene has historically offered extended support, but for the longest support time the pixel 8 isnt a bad option. The 7a is also I think the king of budget phones right now but the 8 is on sale for a few hundred off the last I checked :)
Because unlike the Fairphone guys google actually plays fairly and builds a decent phone with security in mind.
I can't speak for privacy interworkings but Motorola makes it very easy to unlock the bootloader. I'm a fan of Xiaomi as well but my current Motorola is doing everything I need it to do and wasn't expensive at all.
I think that's an exaggeration. You don't need secure boot for your data to be encrypted. What secure boot prevents is someone modifying the device without your knowledge (e.g. to capture your keys).
Why is this a problem? Buy one used if buying from Google is a problem. Then flash.
This irony shows the superiority of Google.
They monopolize without having intention of monopoly.
It's admirable