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I want to deGoogle my phone - Alternatives to GrapeneOs and Pixel(google phones) (self.privacy)

submitted 2 months ago by ParticleAccelerator to c/privacy

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Im not keen on trying to deGoogle only by purchasing a Google pixel... -_-

Please provide other options with nothing to do with google or microsoft., Such as Fairphone, etc.

As you know(or may not), new CPU's from intel have remote access hardwired, regardless of the OS you are using. I suspect Google outsmarted the GrapheneOS userbase and went one step ahead.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Graphene simply works better than other custom OS. Calyx and microG didn't work right compared to Graphene with Sandboxed Play which works quite well. Updates with Graphene are seemless vs major Android version updates on Lineage require more tinkering (I would assume Divest is similar). Graphene keeps your Pixel up to date vs some OS like e/OS are quite out dated. Also Graphene is very security hardened.

Graphene has a good reason they use Pixels and you'll have a better experience using Graphene on one.

If you're dead set on something else I'd suggest Divest. Look through they're list of phones