I Installed a Graphene-Based OS on Non-Pixel Phones… Here’s the Catch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RjGjqBAAgQ


"I was watching youtube(Invidious) and notied RestlessOS . Have you heard of this and are there people actually tried this on non-pixel phone?

“RestlessOS is an unofficial, unaffiliated fork of GrapheneOS packaged as a Generic System Image (GSI) for Project Treble devices. It is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or in any way connected to the GrapheneOS project or its developers.”

https://github.com/cawilliamson/treble_restlessos

I’m very hesitant to give money to Google pixel so I’m going to experiment on this one."

  • Rose@lemmy.zip
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    25 days ago

    I don’t see how. More often than not, people selling a phone already have a new phone. You’re not prompting them to pay Google again when you buy from them. I’m sure there are a few who buy just to resell, but then it’s a matter of looking into the seller or going for an older model that doesn’t have the best resale value.

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      25 days ago

      Maybe if you couldn’t sell your pixel you might want to not buy one again. At least those who have to get a new phone every year.

      Still better than buying one yourself.

    • Dezorian@discuss.tchncs.de
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      25 days ago

      Could be, but I’d still rather put my money on a company who I’d like to support instead of using a Google device and not really supporting any hardware alternative.

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        24 days ago

        Now, that is a fair point of view. I don’t really agree with it, because I will pay Google to degoogle and being secure by moving to GrapheneOS, but I can totally see your point there, and respect that. At the end of the day, we all have to decide what trade-offs we’re willing to live with.