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Re:CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative by kelnos on Saturday August 07, 2021 @01:45AM (#28096053)
Oh wow, this is actually amazing. I'm really impressed with the work the GrapheneOS folks are doing. Ah, damn, it looks like they've dropped support for the Pixel 2. I have a Pixel 4 as my daily driver, but I'd prefer to try it first on a phone I don't use all the time. Ah well. Perhaps the 4 will still be supported whenever I get my next phone :)

Some non-Twitter prose about the Play Services support (though it doesn't include the tweeted info about dynamite support being nearly finished): https://grapheneos.org/usage#sandboxed-play-services

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Re:CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative by strcat on Saturday August 07, 2021 @06:36AM (#28097504)
You can still download the Pixel 2 images via getting the version from https://releases.grapheneos.org/walleye-testing if you really want to use it. There may be a final extended support release, but it's very insecure at this point and we won't be making those extended support releases for much longer.
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Re:CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative by atatatat on Saturday August 07, 2021 @10:08AM (#28098692)
At some point, the new hardware has been changed for good reason — exploits have been discovered!

Upgrading to a new-to-you few-hundred dollars Pixel every 2-4 few years isn't anywhere close to the expense of a new $600-$900 phone every 1-3yrs, the way people used to (and the way iPhone users still seem to).

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