• Hiro8811@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    No? GOS said they’ll support them not that it’ll came preinstalled, ehy would Motorola go through the hassle of installing it?

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    7 hours ago

    If it’s not preinstalled, I’m not buying it because there is a risk of injecting a virus along with its installation

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      6 hours ago

      Why would you download the Graphene image from a place that might have viruses, instead of the official site?

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        5 hours ago

        During that time you will have stock Android on your phone, which is Google, such an evil company. You can’t be sure that you won’t get any virus

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          5 hours ago

          Malware isn’t the same as viruses. Anyway, just don’t log in to anything on it until you can wipe and install Graphene. That will fix the issue.

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      11 hours ago

      and not just any flagship – it’s ultra high priced folding one.

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          9 hours ago

          i’m glad and surprised to learn this since the articles suggested it was a folding phone.

          do have the article that says so handy for sharing?

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              9 hours ago

              some part of me wishes you hadn’t shared this. lol

              i’m too clumsy & absent-minded w phones to ever reasonably expect my phones to last beyond 1.5 years and paying $1k+ makes it hard to justify.

              and i also hate google too much to ever buy a pixel – new or used – so that’s a complete non-starter.

              i’ll probably end up going with lineage instead of graphene because of it.

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                7 hours ago

                this. Also, safety concerns. Global south. Robberies and larcenies. I can’t just have a $800 brick on me all the time. I can barely replace the $150 one when it gets stolen or breaks. Unfortunately I am forced to participate in this smartphone system, and I remember when the most expensive phone was $300. 🤡

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                  6 hours ago

                  I remember when the most expensive phone was $300.

                  that was the last time i bought one that costed more than $150. lol

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                7 hours ago

                If you need security I would recommend that you overcome your predispositions and either get an affordable phone that is supported by graphene (a pixel) or an iphone.

                If you do not need security then no worries, but it would be a shame to end up in a bad situation because you felt it was a bridge too far to use a phone from a particular company.

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                  6 hours ago

                  i don’t mind using a google phone, i just want to do everything in my power not to help google – both directly by giving them money for a phone and indirectly by helping keep the resale value high.

                  the only threat model have come as a result of the us federal government and the local police. even w graphene, i’m hopelessy outclassed by the former and lineage has proven itself is good enough for the latter for less well funded police departments, but it’s unclear about bigger ones.

                  i would prefer graphene, but the only viable way is to do it w a used pixel and they’re both more expensive than the $150 brand new phones that i’ve been using thus far and it’s also silly to disregard the extensive history of bad luck i’ve had with used phones.

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    1 day ago

    uh what

    i used to be with it but then they changed what it was now what I’m with isn’t it anymore and what’s it seems weird and scary to me

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    21 hours ago

    How would they guarantee the device hasn’t been tampered with? Sure you could use Auditor, but still…