arch comments on Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable/relockable

[–] arch@programming.dev 6 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Omg omg. What to do. My old Pix does not fit me anymore. For last 2 month I planned to get new Pix 10 XL. And just out of the blue, this. Should I wait another year for a new Moto?! That's tempting. Although the first gen of new moto devices might be buggy etc.

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[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

Moto have been making phones for as long as there has been phones. Software issues would get fixed. I don't think hardware issues are likely.

The biggest risk is Google being evil and cutting both of them off from the Android source code or refusing to sign the releases. Google already refuse signing releases for GrapheneOS on the pixel.

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[–] Corngood@lemmy.ml 21 points 8 months ago

Google already refuse signing releases for GrapheneOS on the pixel.

Do you mean how you get a special boot screen implying you're doing something sketchy?

Google signing things is not something we want. We want phones that don't care if your OS is signed by Google, and banking apps that trust you to pick an OS.

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[–] xorollo@leminal.space 2 points 8 months ago

Before it was Pixel, the Nexus phones were sometimes made by Moto. I'd wait. They were great phones, and I've used moto on Android recently when the pixel prices went too high for my budget at that time. Was very happy with it, and got a lot of use out of it. I don't expect buggy when graphene support switches.

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[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Buy a fairphone

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