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minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50arrow-down2·3 months agoWhat other hardware supports open source like Graphene?
minus-square18107@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·3 months agoI want a fairphone 4 with either e/OS or Ubuntu touch. It’s still a little out of my price range though. I would love to run grapheneOS on my phone, but I’m not willing to pay Google to not use Android.
minus-squareqweertz (they/she)@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·3 months agoOk this is gonna blow your mind, you can buy used or refurbished Pixels
minus-squareJustEnoughDucks@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-23 months agoAnd then you indirectly pay google as you fund the people who buy google phones every time a new one comes out. Yes it is the best way to buy a google phone, but you are still supporting google in most cases.
minus-squareqweertz (they/she)@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoArguably, 2nd hand private sellers would have bought it anyway and you are just saving e-waste at that point
minus-square18107@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoI know, but I’d rather leave them to people who really want them, and support the people working hard to make open source products.
minus-squareqweertz (they/she)@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoYou can donate to GrapheneOS and I highly doubt that the hardware of the Fairphone is open e/OS is a joke btw
minus-squarekepix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agohttps://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/surya/
minus-squareExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·3 months agoCheck out /e/ and iode. If you’re looking for a phone with at least 5 years of support the only options are Pixel or Fairphone. Fairphone costs about 2x as much as Pixel for a phone with worst specs.
minus-squarekepix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·3 months agosupported device list in front of your face when you go to the calyx site
What other hardware supports open source like Graphene?
I want a fairphone 4 with either e/OS or Ubuntu touch. It’s still a little out of my price range though.
I would love to run grapheneOS on my phone, but I’m not willing to pay Google to not use Android.
Ok this is gonna blow your mind, you can buy used or refurbished Pixels
And then you indirectly pay google as you fund the people who buy google phones every time a new one comes out.
Yes it is the best way to buy a google phone, but you are still supporting google in most cases.
Arguably, 2nd hand private sellers would have bought it anyway and you are just saving e-waste at that point
I know, but I’d rather leave them to people who really want them, and support the people working hard to make open source products.
You can donate to GrapheneOS and I highly doubt that the hardware of the Fairphone is open
e/OS is a joke btw
https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/surya/
Check out /e/ and iode. If you’re looking for a phone with at least 5 years of support the only options are Pixel or Fairphone. Fairphone costs about 2x as much as Pixel for a phone with worst specs.
supported device list in front of your face when you go to the calyx site