• azertyfun@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6·
    9 hours ago

    So my Fairphone is not supported because the security updates aren’t good enough. Serves me right trying to find an ethical approach to mobile computing.

    I understand GrapheneOS’ philosophy but buying a google product to get away from google software is certainly… a choice. Refurbished or not buying a Pixel would serve Google’s interests, nevermind the fact that I bought my current phone a couple years ago hoping to get close to a decade of use out of it.

    Realistically software freedom on mobile phones is doomed until the industry improves the firmware situation. Every project suffers from severe drawbacks because of it.

    • Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      6 hours ago

      If you want to keep your Fairphone and ditch android, Fairphone 4 and 5 both appear to be well supported by Ubuntu Touch. The downside is that Ubuntu Touch is currently still based on the 2020 LTS release of Ubuntu (which does still get updates, at least). Fairphone 4 is also somewhat supported by postmarketOS, but call support there is listed as “partial”.

    • voracitude@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 hours ago

      I hear you! Hardware fragmentation is a serious issue, very difficult to deal with as a small team, so I can’t hold it against them, but I really wish I had been able to put it on my old Note 9 instead of buying a Pixel 😑 (doesn’t have to be a Pixel, there are other supported devices, but it’s easiest and works best)

      Have you tried CalyxOS (https://calyxos.org/)? Review from a year ago seems pretty good (fair warning: Reddit link). I’m keeping Calyx in my back pocket in case Graphene goes tits up.

      • azertyfun@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        7 hours ago

        It doesn’t have the worst of google apps, but it still runs Play Services with all its opaqueness and potential spyware. So Gemini should hopefully not be an issue but GrapheneOS would still be nice to have.