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Apple tankies: That’s because iPhone has superior security features making them entirely theft proof.
Google tankies: LOOOL it’s cuz apple sux!!!1
Everyone else: can I take a moment of your time to spread the good word of Arch Linux? I use Arch btw.
I used arch btw until i switched to nixos fr. Kind of like a splinter group, a cult if you would. Less aur. More flakes. Still mostly unusable.
nixos would be 10x better if flakes had actual documentation and not jack shit with a generous amount of nothing
Since I switched just a month or two ago yesterday was flakes-figuring-out-day for me. It’s terrible in the sense, that the first thing I had to do was actually figure out what flakes even do and what is it you can use them for. The guides didn’t help a lot because they assumed I alreary knew that. I think I understand now, but there is an offchance I got it compeletly wrong and that bothers me.
Don’t bring up Linux in every post challenge (impossible)
I love how you frame Arch as the default which isn’t wrong but there are also Ubuntu nerds out there like me 🤓
Imagine if there were ten different types of annoying preachy vegans
That’s how irritating you are 😂
I’m not preachy. Ubuntu isn’t for everyone, I get it
You still had to bring it up didn’t you?
No, but I did because I can
err, people rob to sell not to use, and apple has the most overpriced shit today
try selling a locked iPhone
Try selling a locked any phone made in the last 5 years or so. They’re pretty much all a brick if you can’t unlock them.
Throw them on ebay and just not say they are locked
If it was a Pixel 2 or a 4a I’m keeping it, that phone was peak modern smartphone before everything went downhill with no rear fingerprint scanner and fixed focus selfie cams
Don’t have a 4a, but big fan of my 5a with Graphene! The last one with both usb-c AND a headphone jack! It has been my phone of choice since my iPhone SE broke, and it is still my main driver.
I’m still on my Galaxy S10e.
The last normal sized phone with USB C and a headphone jack.
sony is trying to fill that role, i like my xperia:3
Ah, I thought the latest ones were going big again. I’ll have to check them out.
The Pixel 7a is almost the same size, just 0.2 inches bigger. Unlike the S10e, it is still supported by Google and gets security updates (until 2028). And you can install a better, more secure Android ROM like GrapheneOS.
GrapheneOS is the way to go, unfortunately the 5a won’t be supported by Google for much longer, only until August of this year. GrapheneOS will probably provide a few extra months of extended support though.
Loved my Pixel 2 XL. Upgraded to a P5 a year ago tho. Really amazing phone
I still use Pixel 4 and the fabric case is so great to the touch, too bad the new ones don’t have them.
Do you have GrapheneOS installed on it? That way, you could at least get the update to Android 14.
I have a 4a 5G variant and I can’t stand how the “stock” experience manages to be worse than on my old Samsung :-/ The pics are great tho
Say whaaaat. That’s an interesting and brave take.
How’s the pixel experience worse than Samsung? That’s the reason I stopped buying Samsungs way back. All the malware PUPs Samsung loads on being my main sticking point.
I 100% agree. Stock android experience is garbage even compared miui.
GrapheneOS gets rid of all the Google crap, it’s a much lighter and more minimal experience, I really like it. It also has some significant privacy and security improvements, it’s pretty neat.
I was thinking about it ever since Louis Rossmann showcased it. But as he had problems using his banking app and some other stuff, I decided it wouldn’t be worth the hassel. Also, many people wrote that with Graphene you lose a lot of the fancy camera shenanigans that Google made. And the camera was one of the more important points in getting this phone.
There’s a very detailed article about GrapheneOS banking app compatibility where you can check if your bank’s app works on Graphene: https://github.com/PrivSec-dev/banking-apps-compat-report/
Regarding the camera: Yes, you lost some quality with the default GrapheneOS camera app. But you can easily install the official Google camera app from the Play store (or anonymously through Aurora) to get full quality. You don’t even need Google play services installed for that to work, and you can revoke it’s network access, so it’s completely offline and private. I use the Google camera app all the time, it works flawlessly.
Oof, the Pixel 2 XL was hot garbage. I returned mine four times due to speaker issues, and the fourth was no better.
Wild. Had no issues until the 5th QC wise but it was all downhill from there. I’m now considering carrying a dumb phone and some alternative to a smartphone
Yeah the notch was a couple generations back so I’d put it back too, the dynamic island is much better
-Sent from my iPhone
Baby reindeer!
Oh now we’re all in agreement that the notch was awful
