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Sep 11

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like I have a Pixel 6, bought a Pixel 6 Pro but it killed itself beyond repair, a Pixel 5, an iPhone 12, had an iPhone XR, and have an Apple Watch SE. I stopped using my Apple Watch because it became useless overtime, I hate how Pixel 6 stock OS works and I don't want to run-

r3g_5z

@r3g_5z

Sep 11

a janky custom OS or some insanely insecure trash, and I only listen to music on my iPhone and answer calls and texts. like why am I even bothering with flagship crap when I use like 4 basic features: listen to music, answer calls and texts, and browse the internet sometimes.

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You're recommending a highly insecure OS missing the August and September Android security patches. Look at their announcements for those. They only shipped a subset of the open source patches. They're a month behind on Chromium security patches too. It's very harmful advice.

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Would also really not refer to having a very unstable and unreliable OS with a largely broken approach to Google Play compatibility as being slick. The main issue is that they're giving users an OS without privacy and security while pretending otherwise with dishonest marketing.

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You're always using Google services on CalyxOS. There's no way to avoid them. Not using microG doesn't mean you aren't using Google services. FCM support is far from the only thing that's very broken in microG. It implements a tiny subset of Play services poorly and insecurely.

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grapheneos.org/faq#default-co NTP, PSDS, connectivity checks and attestation key provisioning. CalyxOS also has privileged Google eSIM management with access to hardware identifiers like IMEI always enabled. At least 5 Google services are used even if you have microG fully disabled.

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GrapheneOS Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to frequently asked questions about GrapheneOS.

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The section I'm linking you to covers what's used instead of the first 4 of those so it can also be read as documentation on how AOSP handles them. AOSP doesn't have Google's eSIM management. CalyxOS actually adds Google services via microG and the Google eSIM management apps.

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I'm not sure where people get the idea that LineageOS and CalyxOS are 'degoogled'. Adding Google apps/services to AOSP is the opposite of 'degoogling' it. The purpose of GrapheneOS is not avoiding Google apps and services, but it does avoid using those in the OS by default.

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