▲ 188 ▼ These Are the Best Alternatives to Google’s Android Operating System (Wired) (www.wired.com) submitted 8 months ago by lgsp@feddit.it to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml 55 comments fedilink hide all child comments Interesting article from a generalist magazine. According to it: Best Preinstalled Phone: Fairphone 6 With /e/OS Best for Pixel Phones: GrapheneOS Best for Non-Pixel Phones: /e/OS For the DIY Tinkerer: LineageOS
[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (2 children) Buy it used. The hardware doesn't call back home. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 child) You haven't yet heard of the baseband modem thing? There is some debate about whether the baseband hardware has phone-home functionality on most major brands. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago I thought the debate is about the baseband software having ancient unfixed vulnerabilities that can give wide access to the phone for network operator systems permalink fedilink source parent
[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 child) You haven't yet heard of the baseband modem thing? There is some debate about whether the baseband hardware has phone-home functionality on most major brands. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago I thought the debate is about the baseband software having ancient unfixed vulnerabilities that can give wide access to the phone for network operator systems permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago I thought the debate is about the baseband software having ancient unfixed vulnerabilities that can give wide access to the phone for network operator systems permalink fedilink source parent