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Graphene on Pixel 9 (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 days ago by standarduser@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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Hi folks, Planning on moving back to android after five years due to wanting better privacy and foss apps. I’ve been curious about folks experiences with pixel phones and grapheneOS on them while maintaining a distance from google services. Has there been better experiences with the pixel 9 or have they been the same with the 8? Would the 8 be more worthwhile because both have the years support ahead of them with just the one year of difference?

I do have some apps I rely on that I know coming over will be a shift but I can get over. This includes signal, Lemmy, YouTube, Ente Auth, banking apps, plex. Those I think will be easy.

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[–] Broken@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago

As far as I'm aware there shouldnt be any differences between the two. I'd say buy the phone your budget allows for. Personally I spent more by getting he 256gig model because the storage was worth it to me. So basically my advice is buy older but spend the difference on meaningful storage.

Depending on your threat model you may wish to buy second hand or buying with cash so the IMEI isn't tied to your name.

I initially struggled with the zero google because many apps didn't work. I ran a secondary profile with google services running for those. Recently, due to another comment here on Lemmy I retried those apps (with exploit compatibility on) and most of them worked. So I've ditched the secondary profile. My point being, that most apps will probably work but if they don't you always have the option of a secondary profile.