i’ve been using graphene os for about a decade now and my second pixel (6a) is approaching it’s end date. i am not a techy person. i am, however someone concerned with digital privacy. when enough people who i find trustworthy endorse technology like graphene, i take a leap of faith because the alternative seems so much worse.

to get to my point, i’m wondering how the fairphone compares to graphene. my understanding is that most fairphone users run lineage os. does the security compare? does the repairability of fairphone compromise its security? i’d really appreciate an expert opinion or two.

  • 18107@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    2 days ago

    The main reason I didn’t pick grapheneOS is because unwanted to move away from Google, not pay them more money. (None of non-Pixel phones that can run /e/OS work for my specific use case.)

    /e/OS on a Fairphone 6 has been perfectly fine for me once I replaced the default launcher with Lawnchair.

    My favourite feature of the Fairphone 6 is the hardware switch. I have it configured to control the torch. I cannot understate how nice it is to turn on a torch using muscle memory and not having to turn on the touch screen first. It’s so quick, easy, and convenient.

    The app lounge is effectively the Google Play Store just with privacy, although I always search F-Droid first. My bank’s app requires Google Play Services to run (not just micro-G), so I’m stuck with using a web browser (or getting off my high horse and installing Play Services).

    Push notifications are a little less reliable without Google Play Services. It’s frustrating, but a price I’m willing to pay to degoogle.

    Everything else just feels like regular Android, and doesn’t get in the way.