Just a little bit more privacy invasion. C’mon, juuuust a little… 'till you no longer notice.
sighs…typing this on an S23 Ultra. I can’t wait to get a pixel to degoogle.
I’d recommend CalyxOS as a replacement os.
No google code at all to get full functionality of your hardware (excluding Google pay, but graphene doesn’t have that either.)
Anything you need, e.g. swipe typing or advanced camera features, you can install Google’s versions and block their ability to talk to the internet via the built-in firewall.
I just wanna use my carriers sms/rcs channels and their 5g internet. I don’t need Anymore middleman than Me>Verizon>Host/Destination
Sure, you get that by default. Firewall only steps in for apps you explicitly block. There’s a toggle for if you want apps blocked by default for you to allow, if you prefer.
Point is, it’s a system that just works, stays out of your way and doesn’t phone home to anyone, just as you’d expect.
Whatever you wind up doing, good luck out there and have fun.
GrapheneOS is the way.
Just want to say that Call of duty Black Ops II was pretty fucking accurate up to this point.
- We have drone strikes.
- Personalised face ads.
- worldwide conflicts
- a fight for rare earth minerals
But I guess Treyarch was too optimistic about having a women as a POTUS
Don’t forget warfare using quadcopter drones, albeit without the machine gun.
I freaking hate the future, man. I’m so sick of this shit.
Stuff like this always reminds me of the personalized ads in Mass Effect (like here: https://youtu.be/hMdIypwM2KI ). That game has accurately depicted the future.
I have a galaxy. I disabled the Galaxy AI. I disabled the Google AI on my phone, and I blocked Google search AI. I disabled Microsoft AI. I think ATT has one that listens in on calls to warn you of a call being a scam, but I haven’t figured out how to disable that. Many of my calls are privileged under atty/client privilege, so have someone or something else in on that risks waving that. I want to disable it, but I don’t know how. I tried to disable Yahoo’s email AI. But, now there is yet more AI for me to disable?
Dear tech companies, please stop shoving AI down my throat. I really don’t want it.
risks waving that.
Use a dumb phone or thereabouts, they’re still around.
At that point I’d just get a dumb phone for calls and a tablet with data only SIM for the rest.
Why not a graphene phone?
Only works on Pixels, and I’d rather not give Google any money.
Do I want my face in ads? No. Not at all.
Would I want this same tech used to character swap myself into movies, or just swap actors in whatever? …okay yeah that might be kinda fun novelty.
You get ads, you get ads, everyone gets ads!
- Samprah.
Look under your chair… It’s an ad!!
“They’re a business and they need to make money.” - useful idiots
Not even useful IMO, just idiots.
Yet more discrimination against faceless people
Don’t they know how ugly the common people are. I’m not gonna buy something with an ugly guy in the ad. We ain’t all plastic surgery Korean like Samsung home base.
What??
Meh. I just got a phone for free from some company I never heard of.
Best phone I ever had.
Was it apple? I just heard about them last week but they seem expensive
Lol, nah.
This one is Orbic.
So, how much will they pay me to opt in?
$0
Useful idiots will be clamoring to pay them.
I hate everything about this title.
This is what makes me excited for Linux phones to finally become viable. Every major phone manufacturer is making their UX worse and expanding their hidden spyware for the sake of profits.
Graphene os is great but you can only install it on a Pixel. But they give extended support for older devices which is nice. HOWEVER, people are making Linux builds for even older devices, including the iphone 6. Getting a new phone after 7 years might not be necessary in the future.
I can’t wait to get a Linux phone.
It’s hard, without UEFI for arm
You could just use a phone not made by a major manufacturer.
I have one from Orbic and it’s great.
Do Orbic devices* run anything aside from stock android?
7 years? Most folks here get one every 2
It used to be that phone technology improved relatively quickly, and a 2 year old phone was significantly worse than the latest and greatest. Now, not so much. I use a Pixel 6 Pro running Graphene OS, and I don’t feel like I’m missing out on the latest tech. The camera is great, certainly more than good enough for me, and the phone is responsive and does everything I need it to do, and it’s 3+ generations old. I see no need to spend $1000+ on a new phone.
And that’s their choice to. But some people are sick of planned obsolescence and wish to use their phones for as long as the hardware doesn’t give.
