Mastodawn

"If you care about privacy and security, you should install GrapheneOS on a Google Pixel phone instead."

This was a reply on Bluesky to my post where I said I was willing to install CalyxOS on my Fairphone. [1]

Before buying a Fairphone, I considered buying a Google Pixel. However, I didn't like the idea of depending on a cloud system to store my photos and music. Not to mention, it's a Google product. I wanted to be able to use an external storage card.

I chose the Fairphone because of the company's mission and the ability to install either /e/OS or CalyxOS. I prefer to stay out of OS wars, but if you can make a case for why one alternative Android OS is better than another in terms of privacy, I'd like to hear it.

#CalyxOS #eOS #GrapheneOS #Fairphone #GooglePixel #Google

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neverbeaten 1d ago

@everton137
My hot take:
There isn’t a perfect solution.
Graphene OS is unrivaled for security and privacy.
But the hardware options are incredibly limited and not repairable or upgradeable.

I absolutely love the concept of the Fairphone hardware. But the OSes it can run aren’t entirely divested from Google and it can’t be as secure as Graphene.

I want a phone that I can repair and upgrade. It should be able to use one or more MicroSD cards. It should be completely big tech free.

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stevelord

@[email protected] @[email protected] just as a counter, I’ve bought 3x Fairphone 4s and two have had lower logic board problems starting with USB and eventually extending to loss of microphone. The fixes are replacing the board, which has the same faults. Not saying everyone will have this but I won’t buy a 4th.