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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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