Edit: Replaced “Restrictions” in place of the word “Ban”
Root it and keep finding workarounds, like I’ve always done.
It’s a lot easier when you just drop apps/services that actively try to detect rooted devices. I don’t miss any of the “Pixel exclusive” AI bullshit they keep trying to shove down our throats, because they don’t allow rooted devices to run most of it. Oh no! Anyway…
Trying to import a Pixel 10 from outside of the states for the Sim slot.
Then GrapheneOS and run it into the ground.
I really hope Graphene partners with Fairphone, helps them get their security up to par, and make the Fairphone the official Graphene phone.
Then I could just use Fairphone forever.
The 10 might not get graphene due to changes in the way the hardware is done. If you want graphene now, grab a pixel 9 instead. Or at least wait till they have an official statement for it.
They have officially stated that they can support the 10 now, but it will have to wait until after the port to QPR1. https://xcancel.com/GrapheneOS/status/1960792610114511190#m
Ahh right on. Hadn’t seen that. Thanks for telling me!
I’m so tired of this shit man, I no longer have any real plan.
I’m seriously considering carrying the smallest x86/ARM Tablet capable of running Linux I can alongside some cheap phone for 4G hotspot and calls/strictly necessary.Guess PC land is the last place we still have freedom (for now!!! 🙄🙄🙄)
Not for long, the Microsoft boot secure thing is sus
I’m not one to bang on about the year of Linux, but honestly, the floor is falling out from under ‘consumer Windows,’ and they are doing little to stop it.
At some point, even OEMs are going to get fed up and start offering their own wine/proton centric distros on some laptops/big tablets. They will be awful and bloated, and business laptops will probably be stuck with Windows forever, but still.
Fedora is a thing
If my job didn’t require MS Authenticator I would just be carrying around a dumb phone and my work laptop.
My job requires MS Authenticator and I just use Aegis to make my TOTPs.
Is there a deeper MS Auth feature that locks you in?
Yeah, they don’t allow us to use TOTPs. It’s “passkeys only” through MS Authenticator. Using anything else causes the 365 dashboard to refuse to onboard.
You can use a MiFi router with tablet and a dumbphone just for calls.
Pray for lawsuits.
Strongly Considering going back to a Prepaid burner style and just carrying a laptop everywhere.
I don’t need to be that connected.
The Punkt Mp02 would be great for that.
You get a feature phone that can still do hotspot so you can get data to your laptop
Oh my god that’s incredible
Your brain will thank you!
Honestly, last year I started a “tech reclaimation” period where I was reclaiming my time from corporate social media to free myself from the (as arctic monkeys put it) “endless stream of great tv”.
I’ve moved to selfhosting almost all my services and have gone back to physical media (except my digital backup library) for most games and movies.
The detox has been nice, I enjoy games again, I can experience boredom and all the inspiration that comes with it. Life is good. Disconnection is bliss.
- I’ll believe it when I see it.
- I’ll begin transitioning to a different linux-based os
Stay on GrapheneOS as long as I can, then look for an alternative OS like trying Linux phones again and maybe they will be ready for prime time by then (hope springs eternal and all that).
Planning to become a primary iphone user with a PostmarketOS side phone. Want I want in the future is that if I’m using Android apps, it’s through Waydroid or Android Translation layer. Then hopefully in my lifetime I see non-Android Linux become popular. Or a non-commercial organization take lead on an Android fork that gets significant adoption
What phone are you planning to run postmarket os on? They have like a long list of supported devicws and honestly IDK which one to pick if I were to hypothetically go with with postmarket os
I’m thinking of buying a fairphone or test it out. I do have a pixel 7 that I can give it a go with
Might have to check their list and see what I can obtain cheaply
I’ll stay on GrapheneOS as long as possible. And if it stops, I’ll get a Linux phone.
chuckles nervously in GrapheneOS
I have been using custom ROMs since CyanogenMod and am currently mostly on GrapheneOS, some of it entirely Google-free.
I used to use cyanogen mod but have not used a custom ROM in years. How difficult is it to setup these days and how difficult will it be to adjust?
GrapheneOS is very easy and smooth, but only works on Pixel hardware. LineageOS is more rough around the edges and considerably less secure.
gonna stop buying ARM based devices until they figure their FOSS shit out to the extent x86 had in 2022
Probably grapheneos until it dies (thanks Google) then 2 phones, a cheap stock one at home shutdown and no sim, only for critical services that are exclusively app based, and a Linux phone as my main.
Good transitional way to do it too. I thought of similar for travel. Have a “travel phone” for flights, rental car, ride share, whatever. And it goes off as soon as you’re far enough along to not need it anymore. On for return trip, then back in the drawer it goes.
Im starting to get to a point where I don’t even want to have a phone anymore. Like fuck people in general lol I don’t have many who call or text anyway. The browsing I do I can just stick to my PC.
I sideload two apps and when I can’t use them anymore is when I can’t trust android. One of them is package disabler pro. I use it to keep androids bloat and spyware shutdown.
Shit bro that app is STILL working??? I remember running that on my LG and Samsung phones
Google removed it from the play store. I bought it in 2023 for my phone.
Shit I remember now…I bought this and when the app was pulled and brought back I had to buy it again (which I didn’t)
Luckily there was some type of Samsung KNOX developer key thing that I did which worked for few years until Samsung permanently blocked it
