Hi,

A friend wants to degoogle his phone, so I suggested the OS I’m currently using. The one we can’t talk about… He wants a small/compact phone, so I suggested pixel 4a (not buying second hand though), but I’m afraid that planned obsolescence may kill the phone rather soon. What’s your opinion?

Cheers and thank you for your help,

    • Grippler
      272·
      6 months ago

      To be more helpful than the joke comments you’ve received so far, it’s graphene OS that’s causing a lot of controversy.

            • FutileRecipe@lemmy.world
              5·
              6 months ago

              Do they all really? I know GrapheneOS does, and I think DivestOS even says “use my OS to stay as up to date as possible, but if you have a current/supported Pixel, use GrapheneOS instead for superior security.” But I don’t recall other OSes really going “we’re more secure than GrapheneOS and here’s why.”

            • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
              51·
              6 months ago

              Hence the controversy! 🙂

              Also, Graphene tend to act superior about it and it pisses people off.

                • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
                  2·
                  6 months ago

                  https://www.privacyguides.org/en/android/

                  There is no controversy. There’s a lot of people memeing. I haven’t seen a single security analysis, or survey of options, that didn’t put GOS at the very top. Look at privacy guides, they say graphene is great, but if you can’t use that divest is okay.

                  People may not like the leader, and the developers are very opinionated which turns other people off, but I don’t think there’s any questioning the pedigree and the level of security provided

                  • StormWalker@lemmy.zip
                    21·
                    6 months ago

                    Yes I agree. The product itself seems to be very good indeed. The problem people have is not with the product, but with the personality of the project leader. Personally I have used GrapheneOS for the past 3 months on a Pixel 7 Pro and I love it. My reason for choosing GrapheneOS was that I need a phone with a top quality camera, and I want a phone that is less than 3 years old. That alone sets GrapheneOS apart from many other projects as many only support older phones with low to mid range cameras. Then you have the privacy, security, and setting customization that graphene offers and it’s a clear top choice for me. Even if the leader is arrogant as some say, his product is good, and exactly what I need at the moment. So with no other projects offering what is important to me, I choose graphene for 2024. It’s solid.

        • Grippler
          51·
          6 months ago

          I’m honestly not quite sure, I just know people are getting riled up when it’s mentioned.

          • fossphi@lemm.eeEnglish
            51·
            6 months ago

            It gets people going, (Daniel) 'Mkay?

            I stole this from another lemmy comment, please don’t come after me

              • fossphi@lemm.eeEnglish
                2·
                6 months ago

                Can’t really remember right now. I think it was a thread on which phone to buy and people were talking about graphene os on pixels.

                Someone commented something along the lines of “m’lady” but with Daniel Micay’s name as a pun

    • GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
      74·
      6 months ago

      The open-source one that’s so powerful it summons an online fight with at least 50 members if mentioned. It’s kinda anomalous so it is recommended not to mention it online until further research.