CAN anything be priced higher than pixels? Fuck me and my need to eat.

The base Pixel is 1K Euro this year. Are they really thinking of releasing a 1K+ phone? That's absolutely insane.

Pixels used to be mid range phones with great cameras or more precisely great image processors for mid range prices to overvalued mid range phones with outdated hardware.

I would have liked an affordable midrange device (like Pixel 4a) with the option of graphene os preinstalled. That would unlock it as a device recommendation for my family members: Everything still works, and the device is good enough for all expected workloads. And with a growing user base comes mainstream relevance for graphene os.

Avant-garde nerds hacking their phones with custom roms may clear the path, but the normies can bring the necessary financial volume.

Honestly, I'd replace this fuckass Google device in a heartbeat, but I will never in my life understand why people want flagship phones. I got a b-ware 9a for 300 bucks and even this one is way overkill for what I want in a phone. Why can't there just be a low-spec one instead of ones that cost more than an entry class laptop?

yay!
i wish they released mid-range phones

I would be happy to support any competition to Google.

If they’re expensive but worth it that’s fine. Graphene powered Motorola is the only device I’d ever consider switching back to Android for.

The upcoming Moto devices won’t ship with GrapheneOS, but they will be fully supported by the project with help from Moto itself.

Doesn't unlocking the bootloader on a Motorola device void the warranty?

One thing I really dislike about the Mobile ecosystem is how much different each device is to each other.

Imagine owning a laptop and not being able to install linux without the manufacturer permission.

They really messed us up with how they created the phone architecture, so closed and restrictive.

Gonna buy one, gotta support the cause. We need this phone to do well.

Lenovo is just always killing it. Guess I'm getting one of these next.

For me the most interesting piece from the Mastodon thread is the fact that the Motorola partnership was born out of Google making it more difficult for non-OEMs to get access to AOSP source code (emphasis mine):

Google replaced pushing Git tags for certain source code with obtaining source code via Google Drive after making a request through Google Forms. It's completely ridiculous and they've gradually become very slow at handling requests. They're in clear violation of the GPLv2 now.

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These changes won't negatively impact GrapheneOS on upcoming Motorola Mobility devices. In fact, it's a major part of why our partnership exists. It only negatively impacts Pixels and hurts Google more than anyone else. Google wants to make Pixels worse for no apparent reason.

This also means that in the future Motorola devices will get faster security updates on GrapheneOS than Pixels.