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> Let's find a better solution please Is there an argument here that Google is creating a monopoly? Could this be challenged on similar grounds that forced Mi

> Let's find a better solution please Is there an argument here that Google is creating a monopoly? Could this be challenged on similar grounds that forced Microsoft to recommend other browsers to users on Windows?

KPGv2 4mo ago
There is, but at least in the US neither party cares. They want to get rid of anonymity online, one to throw anyone who googles "trans" in jail, and the other because their biggest donors are tech companies that want to denonymize everyone. Our antitrust laws have been toothless for decades, and both parties love billionaires controlling the rest of us with an iron fist. GrapheneOS is looking more and more worth the headache that my limited free time generally does not like. I don't need Google to know my smut fanfiction is written by my IRL.
- ggiigg 4mo ago
  Felt same way about GrapheneOS but a few friends set it up so i gave it a try. It is easy to install and use. As evidence, I gave my 70 year old father one and he loves it.
  - komali2 4mo ago
    When my friend was telling me about GrapheneOS I was thinking back to the old days of android custom roms, all the bugs and bullshit, the time I couldn't dial out to 911 because my custom ROM crashes when I did, or other issues. So I gave it a pass. However he's been on it now for months and every time he shows me something on it I get a little more jealous. Everything seems to be working fine, including e.g. bank apps, and he has interesting features like some kind of app zoning thing limiting permissions on a zone to zone basis. The only problem is it's only available on massive phones without headphone jacks and SD card slots, so I'm sticking with Xperia for now.
    - pocksuppet 4mo ago
      Breathlessly awaiting the upcoming Motorola/Graphene crossover phone.
  - Ygg2 4mo ago
    Can you run Graphene on non Pixel phones?
    - Sophira 4mo ago
      Not yet. They've partnered with Motorola, though, so we'll probably be seeing some of their phones in the future that can run GrapheneOS.
    - duskdozer 4mo ago
      You can use Lineage [/with microG]
      - bornfreddy 4mo ago
        This. For privacy, it is much better to avoid Google Play services (which are the only supported solution for push notifications in GrapheneOS).

KPGv2 4mo ago

There is, but at least in the US neither party cares. They want to get rid of anonymity online, one to throw anyone who googles "trans" in jail, and the other because their biggest donors are tech companies that want to denonymize everyone. Our antitrust laws have been toothless for decades, and both parties love billionaires controlling the rest of us with an iron fist. GrapheneOS is looking more and more worth the headache that my limited free time generally does not like. I don't need Google to know my smut fanfiction is written by my IRL.

ggiigg 4mo ago
Felt same way about GrapheneOS but a few friends set it up so i gave it a try. It is easy to install and use. As evidence, I gave my 70 year old father one and he loves it.
- komali2 4mo ago
  When my friend was telling me about GrapheneOS I was thinking back to the old days of android custom roms, all the bugs and bullshit, the time I couldn't dial out to 911 because my custom ROM crashes when I did, or other issues. So I gave it a pass. However he's been on it now for months and every time he shows me something on it I get a little more jealous. Everything seems to be working fine, including e.g. bank apps, and he has interesting features like some kind of app zoning thing limiting permissions on a zone to zone basis. The only problem is it's only available on massive phones without headphone jacks and SD card slots, so I'm sticking with Xperia for now.
  - pocksuppet 4mo ago
    Breathlessly awaiting the upcoming Motorola/Graphene crossover phone.
- Ygg2 4mo ago
  Can you run Graphene on non Pixel phones?
  - Sophira 4mo ago
    Not yet. They've partnered with Motorola, though, so we'll probably be seeing some of their phones in the future that can run GrapheneOS.
  - duskdozer 4mo ago
    You can use Lineage [/with microG]
    - bornfreddy 4mo ago
      This. For privacy, it is much better to avoid Google Play services (which are the only supported solution for push notifications in GrapheneOS).