Buy HarmonyOS device. No google jumk, android compatible os, fdroid works, years of security updates from maker, and 40% lower price.

As a personal device it works pretty well. For ssh terminal and reading markdown, it has by far best display.

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zb3 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

HarmonyOS kernel (HongMeng) is not only closed source but also encrypted. Those devices do not allow you to unlock the bootloader or install apps not signed by them (albeit I don't know how that works for emulator apps, a signed Android emulator could possibly allow arbitrary apks).

Huawei made a big mistake by not fully open sourcing HarmonyOS, you can't flash OpenHarmony so it doesn't count.

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fwip 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That's Huawei's Android fork, right? Is it available on devices outside of China? I'm not seeing an obvious place to buy a device running it.

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palata 5 hours ago | parent [-]

I think it started like this, but it no longer is the case.

I feel like Huawei missed a gigantic opportunity there: forking AOSP may have gotten them traction. I would totally buy a Huawei device if it could run GrapheneOS, and I wouldn't mind if GrapheneOS was based on Huawei's fork rather than Google's.

	▲	mitxela an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Why would China allow the domestic sale of a device that could run GrapheneOS?

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colordrops 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

LOL an OS controlled by the Chinese government?

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largbae 4 hours ago | parent [-]

As long as it's OSS, you could always fork it back l.

	▲	colordrops 26 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It's not.