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Pixel Fans are leaving Google and I Finally Understand Why (www.howtogeek.com)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by to c/android@lemmy.world
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I still love my Pixel 6 and I am thinking of grabbing a used Pixel 8 to run GrapheneOS.

I am not one to chase the latest benchmarks. Any phone made in the past five years or so is perfectly capable once you take the bloat out.

Edit: I found a great deal on a Pixel 10 and have ordered it.

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[–] 26 points 1 month ago (10 children)

the thing about pixels is that putting lineage/graphene/whatever on them basically turns it into a completely different phone, all the complaints about AI and whatnot largely dissapear and they become what i'd call about the best experience you can have on a smartphone. Easy to install lineage (dunno about others, presume it's equally easy), just works, no bullshit.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    GrapheneOS is literally the easiest OS install ive ever done. Easy step by step guide, and directly from the browser.

    I havent used lineage, but i remember putting CyanogenMod on my galaxy S3 was quite the hassle. Whats the process like for lineage?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Jep. Just that.

    I recently had a good laugh when my best friend asked me if I didn't want to charge my Pixel 6a (3+ years old now) with around 25% Batterie and I just replied "why? That's still good for over a day".

    The look on his face.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    that's unfortunately not what my experience has been, but then i also have like 10 apps with constant background services that i don't want to live without.. That said, the battery life is still perfectly fine IMO.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    I just wish my banking apps would work on graphene.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Did you try enabling exploit compatibility mode for those apps?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Neither of Barclay's two apps work for me. Luckily I only have a credit card with them I opened for credit transfer, because they've gone all in on being app first with missing functionality on the website.

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