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Thoughts on GrapheneOS? Is it worth switching from an iPhone?
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I'm still running a several year old GOS Pixel 7. Not because I can't afford to upgrade, but because I don't care to (at least not until desktop mode becomes good enough to replace my laptop). Not slow or buggy. I don't really hear about anyone else's being such either.
GOS accuses a new entity of "targeted harassment" pretty much every day of the week but it's safe to ignore. I'm sure some of it is legitimate but I'm also sure all of it isn't.
I use a Pixel 3. Still rocking!
How’s it going
If you're looking to buy, I'd look at devices 1-2 years old (so P8x or P9x). These will offer steep discounts while also having tons of life left in them, since Google started offering 7 years of updates.
Mine is still supported until October of next year!
https://grapheneos.org/faq#device-lifetime
I'm not a hardcore phone user, but it's still doing great!
Sadly it doesn't receive updates anymore, that's the only problem with it. Other than that, I'm sticking to it for as long as possible.
I had pixel 7, broke a screen and got a pixel 8. Apart from desktop, which I dont use, I haven't noticed almost any significant day to day difference between the two.
That’s good to hear. I’m like you, running an iPhone 12 from five or so years ago.
How’s your battery life doing? Do you like the photo quality?
Wonder why they feel the need to do that, lol
Batt life is fine. Still at ~90% SoH.
I still look back at photos from my LG V20 w/ GCam fondly. I really don't think smartphone cameras have come very far in recent years.
The founder (Micay) is not well mentally. But the team still does an exemplary job of privacy and security.
I moved from GOS to LineageOS and found that battery life improved on my P8Pro. Apps also install quicker.
Part of the battery improvement could be because I'm able to disable parts of apps with root privileges via AppManager.
I'm sure a lot of it is a bunch of Google services that aren't running and pinging servers constantly.
Found this on Micay: https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/daniel-micay-publicly-steps-down-as-project-leader-of-grapheneos/12677
My interactions were last year so it seems like a positive step.
This too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36089104
LOL
Well the claims of harassment continue since then. I'm pretty sure he still has his hands on their socials.
Checked their Mastodon today, it’s still problematic at best. It’s 99% picking fights.