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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poison punk

@neverbeaten @everton137

i have a finnish jolla C2 on sailfish but i don't know how repairable it is. i know nothing about i.t.