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Me Buying A Phone From Google Solely Because I Can Put GrapheneOS On It (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago* by BladeFederation@piefed.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] observes_depths@aussie.zone 34 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Buying new is still screwing yourself over. Buy second hand and take advantage of all the fools thinking they have to upgrade every year.

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[–] BladeFederation@piefed.social [S] 7 points 5 months ago

But then I wouldn't have been able to make this meme.

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[–] vathecka@lemmy.radio 5 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Most used pixels are oem locked verizon ones. They say unlocked, but they only mean carrier unlocked.

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[–] sobchak@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago

You can check the model number to tell if it's an OEM. I got my last phone off Swappa which allows you to filter by stuff like model number and condition.

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[–] privacydingus@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

this, especially as graphene seems to support devices outside of when google would

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