A question as old as time, I know.
I’m getting away from Google and I’ve done the easy stuff: CoMaps, Proton mail (I know, not the best move), aveslibre, etc. I currently don’t have the time (or the knowledge base) to learn how to self host, but hopefully that will replace Drive and such in the future.
But I digress. I’m looking at a new OS for my phone. I’m currently in a contract with a phone that is incompatible with alternative OSs. Graphene needs a Pixel. Used, they’re $150-400. /e/OS will run on a Motorola or whatever and those are like $80.
There’s also the option of going full Fairphone with /e/os and I like that idea in the future.
The internet people tell me that Graphene is the best due to ease of installation, privacy, and security.
I don’t need a lot of security. I just want Google to stop suckling all that sweet, sweet data from my teat.
What are your thoughts?
I see the Graphene bois still like shittalking other ROMs. Not exactly the kind of behaviour that builds trust, but we’re used to it by now.
Yes, other ROMs make compromises, as do the people using them. Saying that all others are “bad for privacy” is just bullshit. Anything is better than stock Android.
I’m not a dev, I just use the os. Personally I had issues that prevented me from using it, but they have added great compatibility for Android Auto and for RCS.
To clarify since you’re mincing my words, I said:
Yes grapheneOS increases privacy compared to stock and so do other custom OS, but the key is that grapheneOS does not compromise security but instead increases it compared to stock OS.
Other custom OS lag behind with patches, and grapheneOS is the only custom OS I have heard of where their security patches are actually added back into stock Android.
This is such a soft response and I’ve seen it in a lot of places. People cry and call it shit talking because the devs point out flaws in other operating systems.