298 sats \ 2 replies \ @nullcount 28 Apr \ on: Market Research for deGoogled Pixel phones privacy
Much of the "cutting edge" features of these newer models won't even work once you flash graphene. Stuff like google's AI camera features, etc.
Turns out, older phones have improved performance and battery life when you remove all the bloat and "phone-home" anti-features.
Just get one in the $200-400 range. Use the remaining $600 from your phone budget to buy a server/nas to begin self-hosting your cloud data too.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nullama 29 Apr
Note that you can still run the Google camera app with all it's features, with no Internet access, and no Google Services required.
Night time photos in particular are literally night and day compared to stock camera.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nikotsla 29 Apr
This is the way.
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