Please never speak like that again. It's always worth using a custom operating system such as lineage OS. You cannot let Google defeat you.
The open source community will defeat Google.
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Daily driving /e/OS on CMF Nothing 1 for months now https://murena.com/shop/smartphones/brand-new/murena-cmf-phone-1/ with 0 tinkering, just bought it and didn't stop since day 1.
Check my post history for more details (as I discussed a bit more about it just days ago) but basically if deGoogling is important to you (which I imagine since you are posting on the privacy community) then yes, it's definitely the most pragmatic compromise if you genuinely need Android based apps.
how's the charging on the CMF? Does it work to use usb-c pd?
That Google is attacking custom ROMs should tell you anything you need to know. Definitely continue using ROMs as long as possible and pray to holy GNU that linux on mobile will attain day to day usability until that fails. It's actually looking pretty promising on that front!
It's difficult to understand the move against custom ROMs. Especially considering the size of market for "weridos" that will spend hundreds of dollars on a device and first thing they do with it is unlocking bootloader.
Take that away and you go head to head against Samsung and Apple. And you will not win.
I am sure they are tracking public sentiment and the normies are taking notice. So they are fro at running that IMHO
I was recently wondering if I should try GrapheneOS on a second-hand Pixel, or PostmarketOS on a Pinephone... Any experience withe these ?
Happy with my 2nd hand pixel / graphene OS. Avoid Verizon models- they hate everyone they can't control & make the boot loader impossible to unlock.
GrapheneOS
Depends what you are looking for.
If you need a specific Android app that does not work on Waydroid, sure, go for GrapheneOS (or another deGoogled AOSP solution) but if you do no need that (and don't mind carrying a rather larger phone with limited battery) then PmOS on PP is very interesting to explore.
You 100% should.
I bought a second-hand Pixel, installed GrapheneOS the moment it arrived and never looked back.
I recently installed Curve for contactless NFC payments. Their support is terrible but, after some teething issues, it works without any problems.
Buy a fair phone and put /e/os on it.
You can get them preinstalled with /e/os too. https://murena.com/shop/smartphones/brand-new/murena-fairphone-5/
Dammit. Why do ethics and privacy have to cost four times the price I usually pay :(
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