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536 points josephcsible | 2 comments | 13 Oct 25 15:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.421s | source

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kypro ◴[13 Oct 25 16:29 UTC] No.45570267[source]▶

As someone who doesn't really care about apps, if I wanted to move away from Android what phones and OSs are worth considering?

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sfdlkj3jk342a ◴[13 Oct 25 16:35 UTC] No.45570357[source]▶

>>45570267 #

GrapheneOS on a Pixel

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moffkalast ◴[13 Oct 25 16:46 UTC] No.45570496[source]▶

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It's kind of ironic that you have to actually give Google money in order to not use Android. I'm still amazed that there's no Graphene support for any other device.

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1. floxy ◴[13 Oct 25 19:38 UTC] No.45572475[source]▶

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Graphene is still Android.

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2. moffkalast ◴[13 Oct 25 20:25 UTC] No.45572959[source]▶

>>45572475 (TP) #

Truly the OS by and for people who are into excessive nitpicking. I suppose that's what you want for security.

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