GrapheneOS is luckily working with another OEM but that's still 1-2 years away.
Buying a phone from Google is hardly ideal, but the effect is limited by the earnings being nothing but a blip in the grand scheme of things. Having an alternative OS is important enough to offset it IMO.
Re:I'll only buy devices with GrapheneOS
by ementally on Friday August 29, 2025 @07:05AM
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there's already a comparison mentioned in the article
Yeah this was also my reasoning, that's why I got a second hand OnePlus 9 Pro and installed LineageOS on it. Well actually iodé, which is a privacy oriented fork of LineageOS with MicroG and a firewall installed. It works flawlessly, I'm very satisfied with it.
The OnePlus One was my favorite phone to hold ever, but it was sadly let down in software reliability due to the the melt down in the relationship with Cyanogen.
Re:I'll only buy devices with GrapheneOS
by backscratches on Friday August 29, 2025 @03:36PM
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Never buy new
Better, but supporting the resale market still improves the appeal for new buyers who plan to eventually sell.
Re:I'll only buy devices with GrapheneOS
by estimator7292 on Saturday August 30, 2025 @05:49PM
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It's really unfortunate that until now, the only decent phone you can buy was a google phone. Everyone else locks and encrypts the bootloader and probably self destructs if you even try.
We all knew this was inevitable, but nobody made any better options.
I don't know how good /e/OS is, but at least there is a place to get it factory loaded on cell phones and install it on phone brands other than Google.
And then there is Lineage OS, which I've had good luck using the extend the life of phones in the past. I haven't tried it since Play Integrity started being such an important feature, but I suppose that just pushes one to be even more open source on their Lineage device. I've been wanting to try Lineage again, but I misplaced the phone I want to try it on.