Alternatives to GrapheneOS (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by impudentmortal@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Wanted to get a new phone since my S20 is starting to show its age. And with all the enshitification of Android lately I thought it'd be good to try a different phone OS.

However, I don't really want to buy a Google Pixel so GrapheneOS is a no go. I was really interested in the Fold 7 but it seems that will not be possible to get without Android. Thought DivestOS was good but it looks like support ended in 2024.

What other phone OS are people using?

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[-] utopiah@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago

Feel like I keep on repeating myself here but... here is no "they" or "/e/OS people" if you do not explicitly ask for it! Nobody has to use Murena servers for 'ecloud' or whatever services, secure or not, they are proposing.

They might use the shittiest backend and it can be absolutely unsecure... but as long as you are not using it, who cares?

There is no point in comparing the services they provide to either Google or self-hosted, just do not use them. It's really not that hard. It's in fact literally easier than making an account and use them.

So... yes you can come up with problems and limitations if you want to, but the point is, again :

one can buy a phone from Murena running /e/OS and, in fact by default, NOT use any of their services.

The whole point is that by using /e/OS one is not using Google and has a functional phone from the start. That's it.

this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2025

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