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7 Things You Should Know Before Switching to GrapheneOS
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this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2024
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"Imagine browsing without trackers following you everywhere or your phone’s performance lagging because of ads. That's the kind of freedom GrapheneOS promises."
It's hard to take the sales pitch seriously after such disingenuous statements such as this. The OS itself doesn't serve ads, but rather the apps you install and the web pages you visit. As well, as soon as you browse the web or install one of your most loved popular apps, you're being tracked. For the average user, the one that wants to use the same apps on the gOS OS that they do on stock android, they will be faced with basically the same ads and the same tracking.
I don't know what phone you use, but a stock Samsung phone absolutely serves ads and tracks like crazy. You can monitor the activity with something like Adguard. Not to mention the bloat like Facebook will call home even when you aren't using it.
So yeah, it would be nice if the OS itself wasn't an open door for this type of crap.
"So just uninstall Facebook."
You literally can't on the last two Samsung phones I've owned.
Were your last 2 samsung phones purchased from your carrier at a discounted rate? Like an $800 phone for $50? Or did you purchase them not from a carrier?
From a carrier, but unlocked.
I bought my pixel, because there was an alternate os for when they stop supporting it, outright and there is only the Google bloat with no fb or carrier apps. For your next phone this might be an option? Haven't used Samsung in a few years but still a suggestion.