Welp, everyone buy a Google Pixel 3a from eBay and install Ubuntu Touch I guess
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Does Ubuntu Touch work on the 3a? That was my last phone, but after it was no longer supported by Graphene I bought a 7a. I don't really like Ubuntu but would like to experiment with a Linux phone.
It works, but its not really usable as a daily driver. None of the browsers render sites correctly and I couldnt make phone calls, but that might be a carrier thing on my end.
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The Pixel 3a apparently can run any Linux Mobile distro or custom ROM, or at least most of them. At the very least, Ubuntu Touch says it's officially supported
Lmao, will this include basic degoogled lineage? I bet it does.
I wonder how sandboxed Google Play will handle it.
Are there any examples of sites using this?
Does this only happen on chrome? Can you just bypass it by using another browser like firefox?
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