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GrapheneOS not supporting Pixel 11s? (grapheneos.social)

submitted 1 week ago by soratoyuki@piefed.zip to c/privacy@programming.dev

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cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/privacy@lemmy.ml/p/1776518/grapheneos-not-supporting-pixel-11s

If GrapheneOS stops supporting future Pixels, and Motorola is only targeting the flagship market for their compatible phones, we're looking at truly dark days ahead.

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[–] soratoyuki@piefed.zip 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I feel like every few years there's a new Linux smartphone but the tech doesn't seem to be there yet from a user standpoint. I think the most recent I saw was the Volla Phone Quintus running Ubuntu Touch, and Waydroid seemed like a nightmare.

Reject Convienence documented their time with dumb phone. I'm sure some people could pull it off, but I can't even get mail at my apartment without scanning a barcode. Plus barcode tickets, QR codes, 2FA...

[–] FedX@quokk.au 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah, fair, I am very fortunately in a position to ditch having a phone altogether and never look back. Waydroid is a nightmare, but translation layers like Steams thing and the creatively named Android Translation layer do exist and kindof work.

Being required to use a phone to get snail mail is insane! The whole point of mail is that direct interaction with technology along with some pretty excellent security and privacy guarantees! I hate how much smartphones have become a piece of society.

Also worth noting, simply having a SIM tied to your name and taken with you is a privacy issue.