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Just out of curiosity: Why would Graphene OS only choose Pixel phones? I mean, why should anyone shove money down Googles throat just to decouple from Google?

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[-] artyom@piefed.social 48 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I know it's counter-intuitive but there are very good reasons, which are listed on their website:

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

Short version is that Google prioritizes software development and (more importantly) security in their hardware above some other qualities.

[-] darkmogool@feddit.org 8 points 1 month ago

Thanks for the link and explanation :)

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