thinking about paying $500 for a pixel 6 to nuke it and install either lineage or graphene. Main reasons: security, I want to degoogle, hate bloatware, I want complete freedom to choose what apps I want on my device, smartphones are notoriously known for their short support cycles (to me 4 years is not enough).

what I don’t know is why graphene developers have chosen proprietary hardware from what has to be one of the most foss unfriendly companies

  • @[email protected]OP
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    110 months ago

    When you install graphene, you literally just have five apps and a handful of system apps that are built into android.

    but you can still install libraries like f-droid or droid-ify, right?

    • @[email protected]
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      110 months ago

      Yes, you just might need to download the apk for them as there may be no app store installed.