I am sorry for intruding, but what does this above-quoted phrase mean? That the phone has separate blocks of dedicated ROMs of say, 10GB size each, the total ROM being around say, 200GB?
Whom is the question intended for? The OP?
I am not sure if it is just me, but the flow of conversation doesn’t really sink in, other than that a particular smartphone is the best suited for Open Source Android and apps; like LineageOS, GrapheneOS, DivestOS, etc., accompanied with F-Droid apps.
Yes, I am aware that I am a little lesser-gifted on the cognitive front, but then the Social Contract is supposed to appeal to you to clarify the flow of some bits of discussion.
I am not considering it from the price point of view, but from the point of view of the possibility and as the information I found shows, even more expensive phones will not have such a possibility.
It is impossible to make a Linux phone from Pixel 6 or Pixel 7-9 with GrapheneOS https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Deviceswhich are mentioned here in the comments and it is impossible to install such a large number of custom ROMs!!!
Yes, the hardware is newer in Google Pixel 6, but for example I ignore and try to reduce as much as possible everything related to Google, especially if I was awarded by the Free Software Foundation.
Unfortunately, now there are only three options: Android from Google and Linux phones and Apple’s iOS, Linux phones such as Librem5 or PinePhone are really far behind … since their support is not large compared to Android or Apple’s iOS users …
Google Pixels, and yes if you buy one now you should at least get a Pixel.
Why? Because Google is the creator of Android, so Pixels get the fastest upgrades, have the best AOSP support. Also their new phones have at least 8 years of firmware updates, which is always the issue with lifespans of these phones.
Pixels work with generic Kernels afaik, which makes them pretty good to work with.
They normally always have unlockable bootloaders, and if you flash a secure OS that is signed, you can relock the bootloader again. Like is the case with GrapheneOS, but DivestOS and CalyxOS (which as both way less secure, you will likely prefer GrapheneOS) allow to relock the bootloader too.
Pixels should also support PostmarketOS etc, simply nobody ported it yet.
Getting some cheap outdated phone to run insecure OSses on, is not a great idea. I also have a OnePlus that I found, but would not use as my main phone
Thank you for your detailed and interesting answer.
Yes, you are right that Google Pixel phones are probably the best solution for those who are looking for modern hardware, but not for those who are looking for freedom!
As a result, we are faced with ethical issues such as monopoly, theft and sale of user data, non-free hardware, non-free software, etc.
Many users think that if they installed the f-droid application, they became less vulnerable, this is partly true, but an equally important issue is free hardware, and here there is a huge problem…
Android is Google
Pixels phones are Google
You are not the owner of the phone, the owner of the phone and your information is Google!
Yes, you are right that most manufacturers do not have the ability to unlock the bootloader, that is why I wrote that OnePlus 6 is probably the best option.
But there are other opinions that have a right to exist, someone thinks that Pixel phones are the best option. Everyone chooses what he likes
Hahaha please read what I wrote again. This makes no sense.
And the fact that pixels are unlockable, have full support for custom OS (which GrapheneOS uses to provide even more security, unlike LineageOS, CalyxOS, iodeOS, /e/OS, DivestOS which all lack behind) etc makes them unique.
Outdated Oneplus phones with proprietary firmware that is no longer updated are not “more freedom”
Thank you, Mr. USER, for posting your detailed insight on “Why Google Pixel and Only Google Pixel (preferably with GrapheneOS)”. Much needed. Also posted s for the two posts. Please keep up this good work for us.
This leads me up to a logical fallacy though. Google is said to track our preferences extensively to customise advertisements according to ourindividual likes and dislikes, to boost its earnings through targeted advrts.
In which case the said smartphones were supposed to have a secure SSD memory allowing Original Android only. But curiously enough, it walks in the opposite direction. Why?
Apologies for asking but pixel phones have cpu and everything by google. Now if divest os is installed in a pixel phone. Then how to make sure that google hasn’t installed any hardware backdoors? They just simply cannot be trusted.
s for the two posts. Please keep up this good work for us.