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The project, developed in partnership with veteran free software developer Rob Savoye, aims to create a fully free and open mobile platform, from the firmware to the operating system.

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[-] boogiebored@lemmy.world 48 points 1 day ago

Tell me more about the phone! This has taken so long and I am ready to migrate to an open phone even if it's only for texting at this point.

Screw this OS monopoly by Apple and Alphabet.

Open to simple solutions here. I have a Pixel 4a 5g and iPhone 12 atm.

[-] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 hours ago

I’d love to try it, but I imagine it will take 20 years for something like this to come even close to usable as a daily driver.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

your pixel probably runs graphene, degoogle it.

you could probably run linux on it today too.

[-] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 3 points 8 hours ago

GrapheneOS for Pixel 4a 5G is deprecated.

[-] HerbSolo@lemmy.world 0 points 10 hours ago

What's keeping me from doing this is that i won't be able to run my banking apps anymore then. And I can't be arsed to carry two phones

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 3 points 10 hours ago

Graphene is actually better than most custom ROMs in that it can contain Play Services and a few other apps, effectively acting as 2 phones in one. Where I'm from, banking apps don't need strong Play Integrity, just Play Services.

[-] edible_funk@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

I mean, carrying two phones would defeat most of the purpose anyway if one isn't degoogled in the first place, they're still getting all that tracking and they'll be able to associate it with all the online activity of your degoogled phone that's conveniently always in the same location.

[-] DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 9 hours ago

Install waydroid or something or use the browser. The more you put off switching the worse it's going to get for everyone. You can also just keep another phone in your car on airplane mode and connect it to your hotspot when you need to check your account. There are ways I guess.

[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 23 hours ago

Well it might not even be a phone, maybe it's only a software project that needs to partner with manufacturers that would include it in their phones. The article doesn't really mention much.

Either way, I'm starting to get excited.

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