EngineerGaming

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[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Seems to not be supported by Lineage... I wonder if a more privacy-preserving OS can be installed at all? I don't trust stock ones.

Edit: another comment here links to a Reddit post about installing a modified Lineage there - haven't checked it yet, but seems like it IS possible!

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 3 points 4 months ago

To put that into another perspective: it is around twice my country's monthly median salary. This is still very wild.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

That is insane as well. $300 for my Pixel was already painful enough. 870€ is a whole decent computer :/

Edit: could have got it for less, but it would've been secondhand.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I would rather spend this time on a device with a 15' screen and a comfortable keyboard. A phone is just that - a secondary device. That needs to be comfortable to hold and type on with one hand while the other holds onto the subway railing.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 3 points 4 months ago

Yeah, fair. I picked this as an example, but overall I'd consider a phone unusable if you can be denied apps. Especially when it comes to important things like censorship evasion tools, which are very likely to be deleted from App Store on request.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I can't imagine using a phone that I can't even use adless Youtube on :/

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 4 points 4 months ago

I am a very average-sized woman with average-sized hands, and big phones would have been unusable for me. Seems like they're all for big men's palms.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 21 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I picked the Pixel A because:

  1. It runs GrapheneOS
  2. It's slightly smaller and slightly cheaper than the normal version
  3. The back is plastic and not glass

Glad I can use it and type on it one-handed, can't imagine using a bigger phone.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 9 points 4 months ago

Oh thank god. Was getting sick of only having hella overpriced and slow satellite internet there.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Not even that. In addition to being proprietary, it requires an account to use.

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