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de-Googled Fairphone 4 coming to US is rare good tech news for the privacy conscious.(www.techspot.com)

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Nice to see a mainstream option de-Googled in the US.

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Lengsel@latte.isnot.coffee
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Buy a Pixel phone and flash CalyxOS or GrapheneOS.

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Cinnamon3431@lemmy.world
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As a GrapheneOS user I approve this message. (altho I’d rather support Fairphones than Pixels, so I am happy we have them as an option :)

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Lengsel@latte.isnot.coffee
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Until de-Googled phones are sold at local stores, I will only tell people to buy a Pixel and flash it for better hardware security and every kind of custom ROM runs on Pixel.

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Snowcap7567@beehaw.org
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CalyxOS is also available for the Fairphone and you don’t have to give money to Google.

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iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world
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Here’s to hoping that GrapheneOS will expand their support to devices like the fairphone.

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Lengsel@latte.isnot.coffee
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Only if the Fairphone hardware is built with hardware standards complience and no proprietary setup.

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Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca
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Anything similar for Galaxy phones? I like the smaller size.

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Clav64@lemmy.ml
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I made an error taking on a Samsung galaxy, expecting it to be “well supported in the mod community”. It was the S10 (Exynos edition).

Turned out, in 2020, it was not well supported. And I moved to an even less supported Sony. Then I got a pixel, and now getting a custom ROM for a device released weeks ago is possible.

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Lengsel@latte.isnot.coffee
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For flashing Galaxy you have to check each individual ROM if it supports Samsung. The security ones do not.

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