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submitted 2 days ago by merompetehla@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

still deciding to fully degoogle with GOS or muddling through with what I have (proprietary, data grabbing and bloated).

To understand the question, compare with my main hardware with debian on it: a regular notebook I bought in 2016 and I've used heavily for all kinds of stuff: working, writing papers, downloading and playing media including AV1, editing audio, torrenting...

One of the best investments I ever made, considering what I paid and how prices nowadays are. Debian offers regular upgrades and I don't have to check if my hardware is going to support the software on a level comparable with android devices (GOS only runs on pixels, other open-source, privacy focused Android operating systems have similar hardware restrictions).

I want this kind of ROI for the device I buy and the software I use, but I don't know if that's possible:

GOS drops support for older pixels but I don't know how many years any particular device is supported by GOS: 3 years? not enough. There's no way I'm buying a new pixel every 3 years. I'd even consider 6 years restrictive.

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[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago

thats true, but also a great way to get pipewrenched.

[-] Coleslaw4145@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

You'd give the duress password before you get pipewrenched.

And once it's wiped there's no point in them pipewrenching you because its too late.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

no need for one when you have a pipe wrench and the smartass you are interrogating just wiped their phone.

maybe you can make them squeak out something useful that was in there?

[-] Coleslaw4145@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

By then they're just pipewrenching you for the sake of pipe wrenching you. It no longer has anything to do with the phone. Graphene OS did its job.

[-] XTL@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 days ago

Also, there's no reason they wouldn't wrench you no matter what you gave them.

this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2025
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