• pdxfed@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      I had completely forgotten Lenovo bought Motorola from Google some 10 years ago. Honestly haven’t seen a Motorola phone in at least that long …

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        Been using motorola for a long time. I bought Moto Z in 2016 and it booted with “Motorola company” text in the end of the boot video. After Lenovo acquisition, phone updated and video now said “Motorola, a Lenovo company”.

        Thankfully, Motorola haven’t entshittified over these years. Still a solid phone. Almost no bloat.

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        That’s not the reason, the real reason is Fairphone doesn’t take security seriously. The GrapheneOS devs have called them out numerous times on that.

  • Luminous5481 "Enemy of the State"@anarchist.nexus
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    This is great news. While I still think we should make a push towards Linux phones being mainstream so that we don’t keep this duopoly on OSes, it’s nice to know that at least one manufacturer is currently defying googles obvious goal of suppressing third party ROMs and marketplaces.

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      6 months ago

      Volla phone (has choice between ubuntu touch and android rom) seems pretty cool.

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    What’s the likelihood that Motorola will eventually lock down GrapheneOS though? Imho it’d be a bad move if they did. The FOSS mobile OS community has matured to the point that we don’t need to rely on for-profit monoliths any more. Motorola would be smart to lead the way to where the mobile device economy will be.

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      matured to the point that we don’t need to rely on for-profit monoliths any more

      Which phones are we using for Graphene OS at the moment? Ah, yeah… Google… well known for its non-profit behaviour… I say: Give me alternatives which we aren’t to try to get rid of in the first place.

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        See: PinePhone (Ubuntu Touch, postmarketOS) for $149-199 via their intl site: pine64.org.

        OR

        SF’s Librem 5 (PureOS, plus Ubuntu Touch, postmarketOS) for ~$700 via puri.sm.

        Both shippable to the US. They’re unpolished OSs and expect delays, but they do exist. The competition will only increase going forward.

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          Both are alternatives, but not fleshed out as far I know. There is also e/OS, but it’s the same story. So we actually don’t have a viable solution

          Also: Why is “shippable to the US” a criterion for FOSS or the rest of the world? You know, there are other Countries on this blue Marble…

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            We’re speaking English and the US is by far the largest demographic for English speakers on BlueSky. The UK is the second closest and represents 5-6x less people. I genuinely wish you luck with how you engage with people in the future.

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      6 months ago

      Jesus dude let them get compatibility before you bring out the assumptions.

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        A question isn’t an assumption. It’s possible to hold an idea in one’s head without immediately accepting or rejecting it. I also don’t see any problem with planning ahead. Why are you assuming I’m a dude?

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      Just because criminals value their privacy doesn’t mean that everyone that values their privacy is a criminal.