Can you really trust the hardware though? Remember Intel Management Engine ?
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Can you really trust anything big tech builds? What's your plan regarding phones?
Stuck on Debloated Samsung S23U for now.
Wanted to go the Graphene route but Pixels are not as good as Samsung Ultra in terms of battery and camera
Pixels with stock Android do benefit from single party accountability though
Running something with Google OS and Google software infrastructure is probably worse than Google hardware.
If you want true privacy, the assembled in the USA Librem Liberty phone running Linux is the only thing that removes Big Tech as well as China.
It has slow 12 year old hardware, short battery life, and $2,000.
Buy how is the camera ?
Like I said, old hardware. The camera is junk.
No cell phone comes close to my DSLR with a good lense on it.
Some phones make decent snapshot cameras, but you don't get very good zoom and frame on any cell phone, so I still like my DSLR for snapshots. It's just hard to carry around.
Consider the Unplugged Phone as well. Founded by Erik Prince. https://unplugged.com/
From Hakeem on his Telegr channel:
"yeah that's Erik Prince, ex-CEO of Blackwater. Some members of the core team that built the unplugged phone worked for NSO Group, and previously Unit 8200. If you want a phone connected to American and Israeli intelligence - then that may be the phone for you. I am personally going to stay far away.
major differences are:
- nothing about unplugged is open source, everything that above phone uses is"
Use 32 bit machines .. cheaper and faster ..