I took the shortcut and bought an Above Phone (Pixel with graphenOs pre-installed)
My body’s ready. Which device should I buy to run nostr:npub1235tem4hfn34edqh8hxfja9amty73998f0eagnuu4zm423s9e8ksdg0ht5, or Android if I can’t manage Graphene? #asknostr
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Nice. Would you do it again?
You only need a cable and a browser to install GrapheneOS, it takes less than 10 minutes and only a few clicks. I don't get why people pay to have it pre-installed, it's a huge privacy/risk too.
Thanks. By “manage,” I mean the tradeoffs.
What kind of tradeoffs?
tradeoffs like running google play in a sandbox... but it doesnt seem that bad. I'm not dissatisfied at all.
Precisely.
some apps are available in the aurora store or fdroid, but don't work. Hust install them from your sandboxed google play and they work fine. Google maps and ADP both wouldn't work from Aurora, but did from google play. That was the only nuisance so far for me.
I’ve heard as much. Not sure how inconvenient this will be day to day, but I’ll FAFO.
By the way, some closedsource(spyware) apps ask for Google Play ONLY on during the first setup, you can remove Google Play after. You should still avoid them. There are FOSS alternstives for Maps and everything.
Google Play Sandbox works fine from my testings. I don't use it tho. There are FOSS alternartives for most apps.
Having to figure out all the apps and putting together your own online ecosystem can be a headache.
What?
You know... GrapheneOS doesn't come with an online ecosystem that replaces features like contact sync across phone and computer, calendar sync across devices, note sync, tasks, fileshare, etc..
And is nice to have useful apps pre-installed, like navigation app, email app, pdf reader, nextcloud suite of apps and such.
Most people don't need to sync their stuff across multiple devices, and if you are really into that kind of stuff then you should use Proton suite apps. GrapheneOS already has a PDF reader by default. Installing other apps like navigation and email takes less than a minute, i really don't see the point of having pre-installed stuff 🤷♂️