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If you want GrapheneOS without funding Google, why not get a secondhand Pixel?
This is what I did but you do need to be careful with it - in the US ar least you can't unlock the bootloader on a Verizon-issued pixel which are very common. Always ask the seller where they got it from, since most wouldn't be technical enough to check the bootloader for you
This is very important and deserves its own post. Resellers typically either don't specify or don't know if the bootloader is unlockable on a Pixel so the buyer has to find out for themselves. Sadly "Unlocked" in an eBay post often refers to the carrier rather than the bootloader. Thanks for mentioning this!
Yep I made this mistake but luckily was able to return the phone via backmarket. Was more educated the second buy and am happy with the phone.
you're still supporting google if you still do this via resale value.
and that's why i'm waiting for motorola
How many GOS users are out there, you think? They have zero impact on the resale value.
How does resale value “support Google”?
I've had to accept that I'm too careless to have expensive phones, and I don't need new hardware, so I'm staying at the oldest supported pixel and upgrading in that area second-hand. Currently I have a pixel 6a (with a cracked screen...), but might move to a pixel 8 next year. Somehow I wish I could support Fairphone, but I keep reading things like people having issues with it and I want my phone to "just work", and graphene has been great for that.
I second this post. I'm stil on Pixel 5 accepting the risk that comes with it. But why should i get rid of a working phone. This is insane. We are creating so much waste just to fuel the capitalists extravagant life. This is why i cant wait to see linux on phone. It will mean dumping Google forever
Google phone sales don't even register as change