Trying to escape Google’s ecosystem, but past purchases keep pulling me back. #DeGoogled #GoogleLockIn #PrivacyStruggles #TechDilemma #FOSS #DigitalFreedom #AndroidAlternatives

  • Noxy@pawb.social
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    9 days ago

    Don’t hesitate for a second to buy a Pixel for the purposes of GrapheneOS. By all means avoid all other ways of giving Google money, but this is a clearly reasonable exception.

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      9 days ago

      People don’t use GrapheneOS to avoid giving Google their money. They do it to protect their privacy.

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      9 days ago

      I’ve heard pixels have out of band chips in them acting as hardware backdoors

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        9 days ago

        That’s easy to prove, so unless a researcher has shown it to be true, I would take it as misinformation.