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postmarketOS v25.12: The One Where The Saga Continues (postmarketos.org)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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[–] 7 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Graphene OS for the past year or two. Zero problems and only benefits.

You will need to get used to fiddling with security settings on some apps. For example, banking apps need reduced (meaning standard Android) levels of security. I consider this a feature so I can know which apps to find alternatives for

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (4 children)

    most seem to recommend graphene, but it's a non-starter for me since i refuse to give google more than i (unwittingly) already have.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    What do you mean by give Google more? The only way you give Google more is buying a pixel, but you can buy second hand. I only buy them second hand.

    There are now more alternatives from EU companies if second hand still bothers you, but when I started with GrapheneOS, there weren't many other choices.

    If you mean give data to Google, graphene definitely doesn't do that

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

    What do you mean by give Google more?

    i've been stuck in google's walled garden since the early 2000's because i foolishly bought into their old "don't be evil" motto; so they have all my text messages, phone calls, contacts, emails, location data, pictures, etc. and i don't doubt that they've made a lot of profit from knowing all the details of my life and i don't want to give them any more.

    i've also never had good luck buying personal electronics second hand and buying one second hand helps their resale value.

    i want to use graphene, but i don't want to use a pixel (nor any new google offering) more.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    Okay. Just to note that if you put graphene on a pixel, you aren't giving them more data. Just because it's a Google pixel doesn't mean they'd have you data in GrapheneOS

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