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Pixel Fans are leaving Google and I Finally Understand Why (www.howtogeek.com)
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I still love my Pixel 6 and I am thinking of grabbing a used Pixel 8 to run GrapheneOS.

I am not one to chase the latest benchmarks. Any phone made in the past five years or so is perfectly capable once you take the bloat out.

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[–] 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Currently running GrapheneOS on a pixel 8. It's the best mobile experience I've ever had.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 days ago (13 children)

    No problems with banking apps refusing to work?

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  • [–] 2 points 16 hours ago (1 child)

    Pixel 9 running GOS. My bank's app (Lloyds) won't work, and never has for me. Additionally, I have a store card, and credit card app, both of which are offered by NewDay, neither of which work on my phone. The official UK government ID app won't work with it either.

    But honestly, I'll take that inconvenience over letting Google have free reign over my phone.

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  • [–] 2 points 15 hours ago (1 child)

    I wish I had your willingness to deal with these problems.

    I'm tired. I just want to go on with my life without all those troubles. When I was younger, I was spending days trying to make everything work on my Cyanogenmod... and before that, I was already tinkering with Linux.

    But I'm tired. I wish companies weren't pieces of shit and they just let us use an open system. :(

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  • [–] 1 point 3 hours ago

    To be honest, they're not really problems as such, more a case of resetting expectations back a few years.

    While I had gotten very used to being able to pay for everything with Apple Pay on the 13 mini I had previously, all I've had to do with my Pixel 9 is buy a magsafe wallet (and magsafe case for the magsafe-less phone). And for everything else, there's a web site. It's kind of annoying having to use an SMS 2FA code EVERY TIME I log into my bank's site, but not particularly inconvenient.

    I will caveat my comments by noting that I do have Play services installed, so there are some Google features on my phone. Mostly that was to help soften the transition between having everything available to me through Apple's services to having nothing available in Graphene. But my understanding is that Google's footprint in Graphene is significantly less intrusive, and mostly limited by guardrails that I can set.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

    List of potential workarounds for problematic apps: https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/8330-app-compatibility-with-grapheneos

    Also includes a link to an unofficial list of known working/not working bank apps. If the app still doesnt work there is a link to documentation for the app developers on how to implement support. It is good to include it if reaching out to your bank about this issue.

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  • [–] -5 points 2 days ago* (3 children)

    Use a computer, or a web site. Or a bank.

    Why would you ever carry your entire life’s worth in your pocket. Ever?

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  • [–] 16 points 2 days ago* (2 children)

    Here banks use their proprietary app for 2fa

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  • [–] 1 point 3 hours ago

    So that’s justification for being robbed via phone? Delete the app after every use. I’d go into my bank and fill out a paper form versus that malarkey.

    Especially given banking apps track so much side data for their stupid hustles.

    It’s like someone in 1600s Europe traveling with a chest that contains their entire life’s gold coins and documentation of every action they performed in the world everywhere. Makes no sense.

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