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google is a prison and the enemy of FOSS, we really need an alternative (thelemmy.club)
submitted 5 months ago* by to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] 16 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Graphene os is a good alternative to android. Its privacy and security focused, and also does not come with google serviced preinstalled. The only problem is that its only supported on google pixels, and porting it to other devices is impossible.

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  • [–] 19 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Didn't I hear that they're planning to release graphene on Motorola?

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Yes, that will be my next phone provided the price is decent and it has a headphone jack and everything else I need

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I'm hoping for a MicroSD card slot. I'm on a Note 20 Ultra which I planned to run for far longer but it got the infamous "random green line out of nowhere" problem. I think Sony is the only one who still puts it in flagships

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Pretty much. On a Sony Xperia 1 V and it works great (best phone I've ever had). Downside is that the bootlocker for the US version is locked (AT&T thing) so I can't just put lineageos on it or something, so I've been on the lookout for a replacement recently, and the pickings are pretty sparse.

    I'm probably gonna have to ride out the stupid Google bullshit for a few months until there is a decent alternative, as the graphene phone from Motorola probably won't be released this year (and even then it probably won't have a headphone jack and a micro SD card slot) and pretty much all of the Linux phones available now don't really meet my needs (also no headphone jack on something like the jolla phone, which as someone used to Linux for years, I know Bluetooth headphones aren't much of a solid option).

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    Thats it, planned, and not yet released. But its good that at least in future there will be more options for a smartphone with foss operating system.

    Also, while in practice it would propably never happen, i hope that in the future, more smartphone makers will put alternative operating systems on their phones, or at least make it easier to install third party operating systems on their phones, like it is done on googles own pixels.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    You never know. For the time being, foss supporters and enthusiasts are the minority. But with the rising surveillance and information restrictions, such as it is happening with ID/age verification checks in many countries, people will start looking for ways to walk around all this pathetic chicken wire. VPNs seem to do the job for now, but I wonder if maybe alternative OS will gain traction in a not so distant future. They would allow for more flexibility and options

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