Hi,

A friend wants to degoogle his phone, so I suggested the OS I’m currently using. The one we can’t talk about… He wants a small/compact phone, so I suggested pixel 4a (not buying second hand though), but I’m afraid that planned obsolescence may kill the phone rather soon. What’s your opinion?

Cheers and thank you for your help,

  • jetAEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Google makes the most open and customizable phones. Unlocked bootloaders, the ability to sign your own code. Rapid security updates for baseband drivers.

    Nobody else comes close.

    https://grapheneos.org/faq#future-devices

    Actually pine phone is really open, but it’s not android and nowhere ready to be a daily driver.