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That's really out of my budget. I want a phone with graphene, but I can't take out a mortgage for it.
Get a used pixel 9a for 1/7 the cost, or a new pixel 10a for around 1/4 of the cost
It's an option I'll seriously consider when it's time to change my device, but I'd also prefer a device where I don't have to manually change the operating system. I'm neither that much of an expert nor do I have time to spare.
Graphene turned it into a process where you plug your phone in, and just press the buttons on their website in order. Much better experience than when I tried to fiddle with LineageOS
You have to press 3 buttons on their website ....
It is honestly pretty painless - unlock boot loader, attach device, give appropriate petmission on phone, run install from browser, verify install, lock boot loader.
That said, a dedicated Grapheme device is so exciting. I am not going to spend ~2k on it tho
This is accurate. I've been flashing phones with custom ROMs for years now, and doing it through the browser makes it both dead easy and pretty safe. You no longer need to be a tech shaman to do it. Just follow the instructions and you're good.
Also, if you don't like it, you can always go back to stock Android (i.e. what was installed before you started tinkering). It's pretty painless. So roll up your sleeves and explore!
I would say that if installing GOS is too complicated for you, you don't really need it. De-googling, privacy and security take more effort than just owning a phone with some specific OS. Simply having GOS on your phone is meaningless if you don't know how to use it properly.
Removing spyware from the phone of a complete non-techie means that non-technie has a spyware-free phone.
Sure, it won't solve every privacy or security concern, but it outright solves a fuck-ton of privacy and security concerns, regardless of how technical the user is.
I've been handing GrapheneOS phones to young or elderly people in my life for several years, with very good results, compared to leaving them on iOS or stock malwared Android.
Yeah until those are no longer supported and these expensive ass Motorolas are the only option BC Google is locking down newer models that won't be able to have GOS installed eventually.
Well if there at one point is no reasonably priced smartphone for graphene I'll either go lineage or dumb phone.
It's locking down newer models. Some models still have 6 years of updates ahead of them. It's a bit too early to start panicking about it.
Yes, I said they're slowly locking down the newer models. And yeah, older pixels still have some time. But is this crisis we are in gonna end by the time those pixels lose support or are these Motorolas going to be our only option. That's all I'm pointing out. Yeah, still a little early to panic but if how things have been lately, I think this is looking to be bad for the average person who doesn't have a lot of money. Over $2,000 USD is absolutely insane.
You got a source for this?
Get a load of Mr. Moneybags over here, having enough equity that he could mortgage something...