I switched to Graphene after seeing how bad the telemetry was on my Samsung S23. Phoning home to Google and Samsung a lot
So I downgraded to a Pixel 9 PRo and have been happy
Kinda gay that we still have to buy phones from the enemy to be free
Discussion
💯. I support Graphene, and hope development moves across a wide variety of hardware platforms. Wishes are nice, but votes with currency get the job done.
It does not help that Samsung and others locked their phones down.
I remember when it was easy to hack IOS. Those days are long gone, the battle continues. 👍
I think it’s likely that Google has a hardware back door in the Pixel in spite of Graphene’s efforts, just a suspicion though. Broadcom too. The only privacy we likely have is the desire for the governments of the world to maintain the illusion on privacy in the populace.
Every hardware partner they've (Graphene) reached out to thus far has either flaked out on them or were found to be providing a solution deemed insufficient in regards to security.
One day there will be a Graphene phone, and that will be the day I stop buying Pixels; using stock Googledroid on my 9 Pro currently, originally out of necessity due to getting my older 6 Pro fixed for data recovery, now out of desire to run through the freebies before switching over.
Losing Face Unlock is going to suck hard though.
Facelock was terrible on Android. Even on samsung flagship phones. Iphone did face unlock the best
Why not go to graphene now? My only issue was my samsung watch didnt work
Face Unlock aside (which is a minor gripe), I'd also need to buy a Pixel Watch in order to continue using Google Wallet via my Spritz card.
That's been THE sticking point, Graphene is perfect for me otherwise; having every single app on one profile after having segmented profiles on GrapheneOS for my main and Bitcoin/Nostr shit feels wrong now.