No Stupid Questions

Refurbished pixel 7.

I originally wanted to install graphene, but I like the stock firmware enough to stick with it.

stock android on a fairphone 4 - I do use Syncthing for syncing, though

my Raspberry Pis are all resting atm, but I really should set one up with pihole and syncthing again...

I have a ZenFone 8 with stock. I love the form factor but I'm mildly annoyed that I can't uninstall certain apps and the QA is poor, never have I been forced to repair a phone this much.

I backup photos via immich, passwords vid bitwarden and run calendar, contacts, notes via nextcloud

We're still working on publishing the results of the census we ran a few months ago (sample size of around 600, where most users were from our Lemmy/Piefed instances)

Here is the graph for the phone question, exact numbers pending final cleanup:

We will also be fixing the data labels to be less terrible

I have GrapheneOS on a Pixel 9a with everything backed up over NextCloud on a headless Ubuntu rackmount server.

You were waaaaay off 😆

Moto G 7 power from 2019. Since it's quite old there are limited options for alternative OSs, so I'm using e/OS. It has its issues but it runs perfectly well.

Nothing Phone 2

Don't really like the newer models because the glyphs have decreased loads.

RGB glyphs would be pretty cool, ones you could program yourself

/e/os on Fairphone 4

uses GrapheneOS on a Pixel 7 or LineageOS flashed onto a LG Tribute with zero Google apps, and everything backed up via nextcloud running on a headless Debian Raspberry Pie?

Hey now, it's a Pixel 8 and Raspbian.

Two google apps in a separate profile with a different pin

iPhone 15 here. I gave up on android because Google seemed obsessed with borrowing the most annoying UI features from iOS and just doing them poorly.

Now I’m on the other side and don’t like it here either.

Next phone will be a dumb phone, I think. If my toys always make me angry they’re not good toys for me.

Samsung Galaxy S9+

I'm unwilling to get a more modern phone because of all the AI bullshit being shoved into them nowadays. Unlike most of Lemmy, I'm not smart enough to install and fully configure GrapheneOS to work without hiccups. So I remain with this old phone until it quits on me.

GrapheneOS on a Pixel 6a

I just finished a clean reflash of LineageOS on my Nothing Phone 1 without any closed source apps except for minecraft android (played with a clip on controller). If i find a reliable way to play actual java versions i will remove my google account from my phone and go full open source.

Pixel9a with GrapheneOS installed

LG G2 (2013) with LineageOS

imma use it till 2038, i even have spares

I use stock android but hate smartphones and only own it because of a previous job that required one but gave a monthly comp so you had to get one. I keep minimal apps on it. have it shutoff most times. I use it for phone calls and camera mostly with maybe maps and calendar. I have f-droid to avoid google apps but the stock camera works better than my alternate app so I use that for photos more.

You got me, I have GrapheneOS on a pixel 8a. Seems like Android's only getting worse, so I'm going to do my best to never go back now. I've had it for nearly a year and I'm super happy with it, everything works just the way I want it. My only concern is the small battery meaning it often only has 30% charge left by the end of the night.

i have an iphone and a motorola android. both are about 3 years old

GrapheneOS on a Pixel 8a, Google apps in a separate profile, local backup to a separate drive using rsync, notes/calendar/notes synced to nextcloud running on hetzner VPS. So pretty much same as everyone else here.

/e/os on Fairphone 6

Well google just renabled automatic app updates and it broke a bunch of my apps because I get the pre adware/spyware/buyout version of apps. So ive been in the market the last week for a graphene phone. Seems pretty likely ill get a stock android phone thats supported by grapheneOS and flash it myself, im uncomfortable with buying a pre used $200 phone.

Xiaomi 13t, 1TB storage, Leica camera, bought used.

It's very good, except the insanely aggressive clean up policy; you watch youtube on FF, switch out to check something and back, youtube is gone...

With 8(+8) GB RAM i could probably use it as a daily Linux driver but there is no linux for it. Will switch to like graphene when I can.

/Sorry infodump

Just switched to Graphene on a refurbished 10 Pro XL
Prior to that was a RedMagic 10 Pro

Redmi note 13pro 5g with cdroid without google services or gapps

GrapheneOS on a Pixel 6a. Technically have a few Google apps, but they are only banking/governmental stuff and one gacha game (which I primarily play on a tablet anyway). Too lazy to set up Nextcloud myself, but I do have a VPS I rent... and I used to have a local RasPi running PiHole

I am apparently a bit too uncomfortably close to the exact stereotype OP listed

Motorola with their nearly-stock Android.

Excited about upcoming Motos with Graphene, though =]

iPhone 17

I keep buying motorolas because they're rugged as fuck. I get a new one every 3-5 years. They're all the same-ish these days, and rarely come with any sort of incentive or discount, so it doesn't make sense to refesh too often. I try to get my money's worth from my devices.

Can't tell you how many samsungs my kids have broken, but both of their motos still work.

Samsung Z Fold7

I honestly don't know. When my phone dies I go to the nearest phone store and ask for the cheapest android phone they have in stock. They ask me what brand I want, what features are important to me--cheapest. They warn me that the camera isn't as good as OtherPhone's--cheapest. And the battery...--cheapest.

If I had to venture a guess I'd say it's a Redmi? And I suppose it's bad.
It was 150€ 4 years ago. I can't fathom sinking 500€ on a phone.

Pixel 6 pro with Graphene OS