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You can put graphene os on the newest pixel if you really want. Imo, you shouldn't be giving Google the money anyway. Makes more sense to buy an older refurbished pixel from a trusted 3rd party. The newer phones are not really major increases in tech anymore anyway. I'm still rocking a pixel 6 pro and it feels functionally equivalent to the newer phones but it's 5 years old.
I don't want to do anything with Google. Definitely don't trust their hardware.
Look. Israeli child molesters waited 10 years before activating lebanese explosive pagers. I don't trust Google just giving out free code only on their devices for some reason, as if they know there is something else on hardware level. Google lost all the trust and good will I ever had for them
Did a wtf? Looked it up; still wtf but it’s real.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Lebanon_electronic_device_attacks
Buying used still inflates the price, giving Google more money. Plus, Google is now sending you firmware updates. I like Fairphone, and there are a few ROMs you can flash onto it. But unfortunately not grapheneOS. Maybe LineageOS (without MicroG) would be the least googly, but there would still be some Google bits and bobs you'd have to turn off. /e/OS is probably a bit more degoogled, except for MicroG, which is kind of a big exception. No android is completely degoogled, it seems. There is a promising Linux phone coming to Europe soon though, the Jolla phone, and I'm hoping it gets good reviews and then comes to the US.
And lineage has pretty good compatibility too, but we're talking about mobile OSs outside the big two, Android and iOS. In that context, the device compatibility list is significantly shorter, and even the newer phones listed are ~10yr old hardware, or if newer severely underpowered compared to not even flagship phones available 5 or more years ago.
I really really want a viable Linux phone, but the device range isn't there, and there's still a lot lacking in functionality. Currently what's on offer isn't ready for general population daily use.