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My internal fight over what device to buy (lemmy.kde.social)
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Hello there! This is my problem: I'm going to buy a new smartphone, and I'd really like to degoogle myself as much as possible. The idea would be to buy a device compatible with LineageOS, but... Supported devices are usually older models, and often there are newer devices with better specs for the same price, that does not support lineageOS. Is seems a shame to buy a device with lower specs than another one just because of software compatibility. So the alternative would be to buy an unsupported device, unlock the bootloader and debloat it as much as possible, flash privileged fdroid and aurora store on it, install microg, etc... What do you suggest me to do? Is the second alternative a viable option? What other steps should I do if I decide to go that way?

Thanks in advance folks!

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[-] aluminium@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I don't know your exact needs but I have been using nothing but < 100€ used devices for the last 4 years and its been mostly a great experience! I especially can recommend older Oneplus phones before the 10, as they make it easy to unlock the bootloader and flash stuff. Also the Pixel 3 and 4 are quite cheap and offer a lot.

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