Is there a reason why you bought the 8A when the 9A just came out? I think they are both $499

Yeah it’s just the Pixels are becoming quite expensive. I liked it when the A series was under $400

I’m on an old Motorola with Lineage. I don’t want to pay $500 for a phone so I was thinking of getting the Nothing CMF and installing eOS

I largely agree. Qubes may not be as user friendly as others, but honestly I think it is the only OS which can get close to Android’s level of security (of course, by taking a hammer to most privilege escalation problems).

I have heard about Accrescent but I’ll wait till it gets more popular before I jump.

Google being broken up might mean the beginning of a demise of both Chromium and Firefox. So we better get on a new engine quick or things are about to get a lot worse.

Unfortunately, I have not found a better way to install the few playstore apps that I need without Aurora store. I guess using it in a different namespace (is that what Shelter does?) is an option.

Great note

Flashing Graphene on Pixel or eOS on supported Nothing devices is quite easy TBH. I might even do that

Using Apple to DeGoogle is a tough one to swallow

I’ve used them and had a lot of trouble getting their cards to be accepted by online merchants

That matters? Why does developer behavior influence your judgement over whether you will use certain pieces of software? Just curious