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Re:Google Broke reCAPTCHA for De-Googled Android Users by cyklosarin on Friday May 08, 2026 @06:57PM (#48069778)
Motorola + GrapheneOS next year could be an alternative. So far they've been relatively insulated from the changes that have been coming down from Google.
Re:Google Broke reCAPTCHA for De-Googled Android Users by doctor_radium on Friday May 08, 2026 @10:35PM (#48071211)
I'll be waiting.

In the meantime, I'm currently using a low end Motorola moto g 5G 2023 which lets me turn off Play Services. Chrome and the Google Calendar don't run (really do need to find a replacement calendar), and I couldn't be happier. Motorola's interest in GrapheneOS makes me wonder if they did this on purpose.

Re:Google Broke reCAPTCHA for De-Googled Android Users by t_mahmood on Saturday May 09, 2026 @07:08AM (#48073945)
For calendar, I now have my own local setup, with Tailscale

Calendar server: https://radicale.org/v3.html Sync: https://manual.davx5.com/

So, you run Radicale server, you can import Google Calendar.

Set up Davx5 on mobile to sync with the local server

Access from anywhere with Tailscale.

Re:Google Broke reCAPTCHA for De-Googled Android Users by pillefitz on Friday May 08, 2026 @11:38PM (#48071590)
Re:Google Broke reCAPTCHA for De-Googled Android Users by microtonal on Saturday May 09, 2026 @02:09AM (#48072301)
Or if you need it now, Pixel + GrapheneOS. Pixel A-series are really affordable. E.g. the 9A is 350 Euro here, have great device security (Google Titan M2 hardware security processor, CPU that supports MTE, etc.), pretty good cameras/camera processing, etc.
Re:Google Broke reCAPTCHA for De-Googled Android Users by palata on Saturday May 09, 2026 @05:49AM (#48073589)
Motorola won't change a thing about hardware attestation. GrapheneOS is locked out from reCAPTCHA because GrapheneOS is signed by GrapheneOS and not by Google.

The way it's going, by the time the Motorola + GrapheneOS phone is out, it will be a lot more painful to use GrapheneOS than today. Not because of GrapheneOS of course, but because everybody accepts that bullshit Google is doing.

If you're waiting for Motorola + GrapheneOS, you could start complaining to banks and other apps that don't support GrapheneOS :-). If enough people did that, maybe those companies would consider it.