Google services are unfortunately pretty important to most users day to day life. I have tried degoogled android but have always come back to graphene.
It feels fine, if you don’t use google apps you wouldn’t notice a difference. But the last time I seriously tried using it as a daily driver was probably three years ago though. MicroG is ok but just can’t compare to the sandboxed gapps in graphene when it comes to compatibility.
Pixel phones completely stock are a privacy nightmare, but are ironically the most secure phones on a hardware level, which is why GrapheneOS devs chose them.
Thanks to grapheneos, I don’t have to worry about such things 🥳
GrapheneOS + Linux Is the only way to truly have digital privacy.
Most people think iPhone + Mac is. So, so wrong.
What do you think about Pinephones? I’m thinking about buying one as my next phone.
Pine phones have privacy but not functionality unfortunately.
Maybe not quite ready for the general public yet, but I hear PureOS runs quite nicely and, if you can make it work, it could be a good idea.
AFAIK they’re pretty slow and they have really bad battery lifes. I wouldn’t buy one just yet.
Low performance
Google services are unfortunately pretty important to most users day to day life. I have tried degoogled android but have always come back to graphene.
How is degoogled Android?
I have a spare phone I could try to degoogle but I keep thinking how many apps require GSF and I don’t think I’d get very far like that.
It feels fine, if you don’t use google apps you wouldn’t notice a difference. But the last time I seriously tried using it as a daily driver was probably three years ago though. MicroG is ok but just can’t compare to the sandboxed gapps in graphene when it comes to compatibility.
If only GrapheneOS were available on more devices than just the Pixel
Pixel phones completely stock are a privacy nightmare, but are ironically the most secure phones on a hardware level, which is why GrapheneOS devs chose them.