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No! THIS is a DeGoogled phone! (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27168042

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, because they allow you to re-lock the bootloader after flashing a custom ROM. They're also pretty trivial to unlock the bootloader on in the first place.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Is this really the sole reason? I always thought it was just about supporting the hardware as the pixels are being built differently compared to Samsung, Xiaomi ...

    Wished this was possible on a Shiftphone, re-locking a bootloader doesn't seem that hard. (Though mainly only possible with stock ROM)

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Yes, it is. It's the reason Graphene says themselves. Graphene is all about reducing potential attack vectors, de-googling just happens to be in line with that goal. An unlocked bootloader is a massive security vulnerability.

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