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[–] [email protected] 88 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

I think it's ironic that the alternatives to Android (graphene, calyx) only fully work on Google phones.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ditch Google

Step 1: Send them money

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Used phones: exist

Users who constantly repost this same comment: "doesn't look like anything to me."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Used pixel actually limit a lot the choice. I've not dived into de-googled phone yet but from what I understood postmarketOS seems like the used/old phone OS

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Writing this from a degoogled Pixel 4a bought second hand for 80 bucks a couple years ago. Great camera, enough storage, fingerprint sensor, headphone jack, fits in hand and pocket. This thing is close to perfect, new phones are scam.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Not OP, but Swappa.com is an excellent website for buying used tech at a good price.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

LineageOS works on a bunch of non google phones

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm running lineage os on a Motorola moto g7 power (2019) Android 15 runs fine on a 6 year old phone.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Thise are just different flavors. I need a pixel 8 pro xl equivalent device that runs linux natively. All thw postmarket phones are ancientx

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

That isn't really true especially with Calyx OS

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Same reason it continually sucks to get a working Linux build on an apple laptop or desktop.

As bad as Google is, they're lightyears ahead of Apple in terms of protecting their products in a walled garden.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Really? What's your favorite custom ROM for modern iPhones?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I've never investigated for iPhones but would be curious

  1. if they exist
  2. how bloody hard they are to get going

I can only speak for laptops/desktops and it being a bitch.

There's a reason I'm very adamant at hating Apple for a multitude of technical reasons. This is but one of them. It's a shame too because their build quality is really S-Tier.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Doesnt calyxos also work on fairphone

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

"work" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here when talking about a Fairphone. Worst phone I ever owned with quite some margin.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I would get a Nokia flip phone but they cost a bit. Cheaper to get something someone is throwing out