- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmit.online
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmit.online
Apple expected to post fourth consecutive quarterly sales decline Thursday::Analysts haven’t missed Apple’s lack of growth this year and want to see the company thriving again.
I was strongly considering an iPhone this year. It would have been my first time since the iPhone 4S. Ultimately the overall cost of the Pixel 8 was nearly half of what it would have cost me to get the iPhone. I couldn’t justify the extra cost for not really gaining anything extra.
I hear a lot about pixels on here, yet everyone I know owns a Samsung. What are the benefits of a pixel over let’s say one of the last few years models of galaxies?
GrapheneOS
How do you install it, what’s so great about it? I keep seeing this pop up, but I don’t know how it works.
@GrapheneOS is an alternative OS that provides better privacy than the stock Android that can be installed on Pixel devices.
https://grapheneos.org/install/
> GrapheneOS is a private and secure mobile operating system with great functionality and usability.
@Corkyskog
Wait wouldnt that block any and every google service? Seems kind of nuclear to never need maps or anything like that.
Maybe I misunderstand.
The Android Open Source Project (AOSP) is the base for both operating systems.
GrapheneOS actually makes a lot of effort to provide solutions that are mostly better than what stock Android provides.
https://grapheneos.org/features#sandboxed-google-play
@Corkyskog
Cool. So let’s pretend I have very little knowledge of how phones work. How difficult would it be for me to install? I assume you have to do the installation over usb-c connected to a laptop?
How long is the process, and how long would it take me to install any basic apps I would want, including sandboxed Google apps?
This video covers most of your questions.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=qxAnWYUvDxg
Alternative 🔗:
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=qxAnWYUvDxg
https://piped.video/watch?v=qxAnWYUvDxg
@Corkyskog
No shutter lag. I was considering an S23 before settling on a Pixel 7 cos of that.