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For someone who likes customization and privacy, both of them have their flaws. I'm leaning toward a pinephone with a lineageos (custom android rom) at the moment as the best alternative, and yes, I'm a crusty old millennial nerd.
Tell me more about this Pinephone.
It has no apps. But it runs Linux!!!
So is it awesome or shitty?
Yes.
They are talking about running LineageOS on Pinephone. LineageOS is based on Android so Android apps work on it.
Ohhhh, ok then it’s not private unless it has hardware switches.
My pinephone has hardware switches.
Don’t they all?
yes, i believe they do. Although I only knew for certain that mine does. But it is older.
Are they easy enough to flip manually, but not get flipped in your pocket accidentally?
They are inside. So you have to open the case to set them, which is not hard. It is not obvious to anyone else that there are switches or what they are set to, so maybe being inside is a positive.
Although the picture doesnt show it, they are rather small.
I’d rather have something outside, since “turning off” is something that should be the default option.
yep exactly what I meant, thank you for translating. I will never run a googled operating system or browser again. Thankfully chromium and lineage make it easy to break up with google while still using their Netflix account, so to speak.
Don't know if you've already heard about this or not, but I highly recommend looking into GrapheneOS on a Google Pixel. GrapheneOS is fewer headaches than lineageos, and the Pixel is easier to acquire. On the whole, it ends up being more privacy focused as well, despite the irony of being a Google phone.
I really just want the ability to completely disable the selfie camera and all radios with a Killswitch, and take out or swap the battery if I so choose. I can't do that on a pixel. But I would definitely prefer grapheneos or copperhead if I did have a late enough pixel model.
Fairphone then
oop thanks, that's what I meant to say. My old millennial ass is losing vocabulary. Cause I'm old and uncool now. 😅