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minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoWhat other hardware supports open source like Graphene?
minus-square18107@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI want a fairphone 4 with either e/OS or Ubuntu touch. It’s still a little out of my price range though. I would love to run grapheneOS on my phone, but I’m not willing to pay Google to not use Android.
minus-squareqweertz (they/she)@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoOk this is gonna blow your mind, you can buy used or refurbished Pixels
minus-squareResonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoYou can also buy used or refurbished Fairphones too
minus-squareqweertz (they/she)@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoI suppose, but Fairphones are a security and thus a privacy nightmare. As soon as you cross a border or police get your phone, e/OS and CalyxOS are virtually useless
minus-squareJustEnoughDucks@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoAnd then you indirectly pay google as you fund the people who buy google phones every time a new one comes out. Yes it is the best way to buy a google phone, but you are still supporting google in most cases.
minus-squareqweertz (they/she)@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoArguably, 2nd hand private sellers would have bought it anyway and you are just saving e-waste at that point
minus-squareExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoEh, the 2nd hand sellers also wouldn’t be buying if they couldn’t sell them.
minus-squareqweertz (they/she)@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoI would think that private buyers buy a phone they are gonna use and then sell it once they don’t use it anymore 🧠
What other hardware supports open source like Graphene?
I want a fairphone 4 with either e/OS or Ubuntu touch. It’s still a little out of my price range though.
I would love to run grapheneOS on my phone, but I’m not willing to pay Google to not use Android.
Ok this is gonna blow your mind, you can buy used or refurbished Pixels
You can also buy used or refurbished Fairphones too
I suppose, but Fairphones are a security and thus a privacy nightmare. As soon as you cross a border or police get your phone, e/OS and CalyxOS are virtually useless
And then you indirectly pay google as you fund the people who buy google phones every time a new one comes out.
Yes it is the best way to buy a google phone, but you are still supporting google in most cases.
Arguably, 2nd hand private sellers would have bought it anyway and you are just saving e-waste at that point
Eh, the 2nd hand sellers also wouldn’t be buying if they couldn’t sell them.
I would think that private buyers buy a phone they are gonna use and then sell it once they don’t use it anymore 🧠