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Will it run Graphene? Lineage? Calyx?
With the pure derp of Google my primary deciding factor is support for alternative OS images.
looks like degoogled & modified aosp with a minimalistic approach
https://sleke.io/pages/odysseyos
I love it! They just helped me out by completely killing my consumerist urge to get the device!
Thanks, all my interest in this product just reduced to zero saving me time and money!
LOOOOLOL imagine trying to sell a "DeGoogled" OS but it's actually just like Google, but somehow shittier. What a load.
oh gross. I didn't dig too much into it but that's about all I need to know to stay away.
I was under the impression with Google's new policy you'd still be able to turn off the unverified installations check (albeit with a 24 hour waiting period), in the dev options. Crazy that Google is trying to take away the one thing that keeps me using it over Apple.
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Don't get it! No side loading!
Wtf? In this day & age? π€¦πΌββοΈ
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LOL are you me? I've only used Pixels since the 4a because the most important thing about any phone has become removing spyware and AI bullshit, and generally being under my control. And for that reason I don't buy anything else.
But GOS has very high hardware standards that a small OEM could probably never meet. The best they can do is give it an unlocked bootloader and leave it up to the community.
Otherwise the name is apt. There's very little separating modern smartphones especially the crazy high end ones. This seems like it would be "Enough" to do what people need to do.
The 4a is the last good Pixel
Mmm I have to say the P5 was the best Pixel.
No 3.5 mm jack? That's a no.
Also too heavy
valid counterpoint
Do any of them even support stuff like banking apps? I haven't looked into it much personally because I always hear that you can't use critical apps like that on alternative OSes.
Both my banking apps work on graphene. There's a list of ones that work floating around.
On graphene, no issues for any current apps.
unfortunately I've not been able to get a single gig worker app to work with lineage, even with all the play services verification work arounds.
Yes, but it depends on your institution. My credit union has always supported custom ROMs, for example.
"Support" is the wrong word here.
As long as they don't intentionally sabotage use with custom ROMs, almost everything will work. Things that rely on Google's libraries/services might need MicroG or the like.
Do you have a nonβantagonistic setting, maybe? Your vibe-coders should look into that upgrade.
Do I???
I use graphene and the banking app I use works fine (Revolut)
Mine did with Graphene and Lineage, bit they recently updated to "Verified Device" crap breaking Lineage. Graphene seems to have some sort of fix, though that could be broken later. Google is getting pretty damn evil.