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if you use GrapheneOS on a pixel device, is it something you'd recommend for a privacy worried user? How seamless is running it after install? (lemmy.ml)

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I own 2 bloated proprietary devices and don't use them for anything important, like banking or dealing with authorities. I also don't trust the manufactures not selling my data.

Id like to have a working device with no bloatware and completely degoogled. Ironically I'd have to buy something made by google to run GrapheneOS on it. Intended use would be to use as a camera, to run CoMaps on it, pkpass files with foss-wallet, reading epubs, making phone calls and running one aurora app.

I don't need the device to play games, watch movies, show off or to play loud music, but I'd like a jack port for my headphones (I assume google headphones would cease to work if I degoogle the device, nor would I want to spend more than necessary enriching that data grabber even more.

Is there a pixel device with a jack port?

Are batteries inside pixel devices glued to the frame or can they be easy to change?

My main OS is debian. How easy is to transfer data from GrapheneOS to debian and the other way round?

Overall if you run GrapheneOS on a pixel, how many years running it and what do you think about it?

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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Pixel 5a 5G was the last Pixel that had an audio jack. I held onto mine forever, until Graphene stopped support for the model.

I upgraded to the 7a, and then bit the bullet and bought a separate DAP for music.

The biggest adjustment to using Graphene is often just having to finding open-source app solutions that don't require Google Play, assuming you don't want to run the sandbox. I found the process cathartic, personally.

[–] GlenRambo@jlai.lu 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If I'm running mostly f-droid apps, and play services is not installed (e.g. I cant run YT-Revanced as it needs gapps).

Then does that mean I should be able to move over to graphine without much issue?

What abkut the one or two apps uninstall throguh Aurora store, woild they work?

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 3 days ago

It'd likely be quite painless in your case, then.

Aurora store logged in anonymously works for me, for the couple apps I have no other choice on.