Hi,

A friend wants to degoogle his phone, so I suggested the OS I’m currently using. The one we can’t talk about… He wants a small/compact phone, so I suggested pixel 4a (not buying second hand though), but I’m afraid that planned obsolescence may kill the phone rather soon. What’s your opinion?

Cheers and thank you for your help,

  • Dark_Dragon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Umm one question by the way , why use Google phone to degoogle? There are plenty of good Android phones out there right?

    • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Google makes the most open and customizable phones. Unlocked bootloaders, the ability to sign your own code. Rapid security updates for baseband drivers.

      Nobody else comes close.

      https://grapheneos.org/faq#future-devices

      Actually pine phone is really open, but it’s not android and nowhere ready to be a daily driver.

    • OhYeah@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 months ago

      While it is ironic, the pixels are easy to unlock the bootloader and have good support across lineage, calyx, and graphene. Been using one to degoogle for awhile and would recommend them