Comment by b112
6 months ago
You can use an older pixel, thus not really giving money to Google, and also preventing that phone from landing in a landfill. Without all that Google and carrier excess junk on board, an older phone is fast.
You can buy a new pixel, install GrapheneOS, and laugh thinking about how you're denying the enemy the OS level tracking they wanted with that device.
But you still support Google and the closed source Android ecosystem with that.
No, actually, you don't. And Android is not closed source. Google's add ons are.
When you buy a used phone, it's already been bought by someone. The profit is already in Google's hands. Loads of old phones are in drawers somewhere. Once Graphene is on it, it's faster, not bloated, and you don't need Google anything.
You could offset that by convincing others to use graphene, and by degoogling your device you’re also cutting off one of their other income streams