A few days ago we brought you word that Google was looking to crack down on “sideloaded” Android applications. That is, software packages installed from outside of the mobile operating …
You are correct, Graphene only runs on Pixel phones. I know there’s a few open mobile OS options out there but I’ve not spent any time researching them. There is a very good chance if you absolutely need an identification, then you can’t get away from Android. Hopefully someone else sees your comment and has an answer.
There’s a post about this on the Danish community here every few months. Afaik no one has any proper progress on it other than carrying a burner device or something
I do, but as far as I was aware my Fairphone can’t run Graphene? I would love to keep using my Fairphone over buying Google’s hardware at this point
Then buy second-hand. You aren’t giving Google any of your money, and you can focus on increasing your privacy.
Still, repairability is right up there with privacy for me, so I’m quite happy with the hardware right now
You are correct, Graphene only runs on Pixel phones. I know there’s a few open mobile OS options out there but I’ve not spent any time researching them. There is a very good chance if you absolutely need an identification, then you can’t get away from Android. Hopefully someone else sees your comment and has an answer.
There’s a post about this on the Danish community here every few months. Afaik no one has any proper progress on it other than carrying a burner device or something