> I'd like to switch phones soonish and was looking at the fairphone 6 with /e/OS but feel deterred by its mid range specs which would probably limit its longevity. I would like to get away from google.

> Is waiting for the new pixel and then putting grapheneOS on it a good way forward? Seems weird to pick a google device to get away from that company.

> Has anyone else done the same?

I did end up going for a Pixel + GOS. Although it is conterintuitive to use a Google device to get away from Google, according to GOS developers themselves, the Pixel series were the only devices that met their strict requirements for security.

From personal experience, been using it for almost 3 years now, and it gives you 95% of the benefits of Android while giving you back control over your phone, and being generally more secure.

Just stay out of the radar of the leadership, they can be a bit abrasive, for the lack of a better expression.

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strcat a day ago | parent | next [-]

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44687530.

> Although it is conterintuitive to use a Google device to get away from Google

The purpose of GrapheneOS is privacy and security, not specifically avoiding Google, which is not what privacy is about overall. Many companies including Android OEMs have worse privacy practices.

> Just stay out of the radar of the leadership, they can be a bit abrasive, for the lack of a better expression.

There are a lot of ongoing attacks on the GrapheneOS project and our team including through fabricated stories and spin. People should look into the actual verifiable facts and look at who is being targeted with harassment and bullying. We defend ourselves from this including debunking inaccurate claims about the project and our team.

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flntzr a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Thank you for the warning.

Is the camera with GrapheneOS as good as the stock android one? I get to use my wife's iPhone camera sometimes and it frequently shocks me how good and responsive it is. But I'm coming from a OnePlus 8 Pro, which never had a great camera in the first place.

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bernoufakis a day ago | parent [-]

I suck at taking pictures. It's definitely good enough, but worst case you can install the stock Google Camera app and disable network permission to limit snooping.

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flntzr a day ago | parent [-]

Sweet, I think I'm sold on giving grapheneOS a shot. Thanks!

	▲	bernoufakis a day ago \| parent [-]
		Definitely worth a try !

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DavideNL a day ago | parent | prev [-]

I wonder how long it would take them/grapheneOS to support the new Pixel…

	▲	bernoufakis a day ago \| parent [-]
		They have been usually pretty fast ! I think the Pixel Tablet was a matter of a week or two. There seems to be two challenges though that popped their nasty head lately. Some developer being temporarily unaivalable due to personal issue, and something about Android Open Source Project (GOS is built upon it, to put it simply) not necessarily support upcoming Pixels. But the team seems resilient and motiviated to keep the project going.