astrid, 3 months ago

probably won't go down the degoogling rabbit hole tho I'm too conveniencepilled for that

jonoabroad, 3 months ago

@astrid I am pretty sure my S22 Ultra is also rooted.

Although, I think there is a cultural translation that is being lost or missed here.

astrid, 3 months ago

@jonoabroad I'm joking that I care too much about convenience to make my phone not phone home to Google

jonoabroad, 3 months ago

@astrid

Yeah, this is why I moving to Apple when there next iCult comes out, I had been toying with a linux phone.

but

1. I am lazy
2. I want the fucking thing to work
3. I NEED to be able to receive and make phone calls

astrid, 3 months ago

@jonoabroad I decided that a rooted lineageos phone that still had Google play on it was a good enough balance

mynacol, 3 months ago

@jonoabroad
That's exactly why I chose @GrapheneOS four years ago. It's rock solid like normal phones. It just works™. And it really values and improves security and privacy. Google Play Store and Services can optionally be installed and have no special permissions.

jonoabroad, 3 months ago

@mynacol @GrapheneOS when I looked, I didn't think it supported modern hardware?

That said, I'll go have a gander.

jonoabroad, 3 months ago

@mynacol @GrapheneOS err, not modern hardware, but non pixel hardware 🙄

apicultor, 3 months ago

@astrid @jonoabroad Installing GrapheneOS on a Pixel is super fucking easy. There's even a web installer which you can use from another Android device (!!!).

No need to break the security model of the OS to cut Google out of your life.

astrid, 3 months ago

@apicultor @jonoabroad again, I wanted to root the thing.

astrid, 3 months ago

I am not switching to it just yet tho, I still need a case and screen protector for it