It's the new Signal, targeted toward "privacy concerned" leftoid edegelords who think anyone cares what "data" they have on their phone, which must use Google brand hardware of course.
Real alternative exist
The two best ones have no screenshots out there...
The replacement for Android TV/Roku is one of the more interesting ones
There appears to be a slate of new devices for consumers finally coming out
I find it interesting how a board full of tech obsessives has almost no idea about tech from one of the largest and most technologically developed countries in the world
words cannot describe how disappointed i am over how poorly made this thread is.
>>109398424What's there to say? The story going around about Graphene is an obvious marketing plant that has had the goal of telling a potential audience about a "kewl" feature. Meanwhile an entire array of systems exist that are outside of the android/ios duopoly but never, ever get discussed or press. Why is that?
>>109398441Get rid of that nasty linebreak and maybe I'd humour you; you look like a redditor.
>>109398448Your butthurt can be felt through the thread. How about contributing something other than pithiness.
>>109398226>no removable battery>no micro sdcard slot>no headphone jackbuy an ad shill
>>109398226I'm falling for Arthur's mom. Holy FUCK
>>109398473>thread about software>complains about hardware featuresYou make a good point regardless. Having these allegedly desirable hardware features packaged with the alternative OS would probably move a few dozen more units
>>109398226Using GrapheneOS is a crime. Border patrol will arrest you for it.
>>109398482you can install and degoogle lineage os on a moto g5
>>109398509>LineageI was trying to remember the name of that one. Notice how it's never talked about or in the press while Graphene is widely promoted? why is that.
>>109398226nah, but i do need a new phone. probably gonna get a used iphone se 3rd gen. or used 16.
>>109398515it has no security features to advertise with other than having no google services by default (cutting off internet for apps, sandboxing poogle, locking the usb data transfer and such) and it still makes some less meaningful connections to poogle for time sync or whatever
>>109398573That's circling around my main point. There aren't going to be any real alternatives to the tech dystopia coming out of the USA. It will all feed back into the same ecosystem and be limited by it. If you are sensible and want to encourage the expansion of options in the mobile space especially the answer is in China and Russia because they are developing real alternative tech ecosystems and have serious motivations to do so.
>>109398584ah i get you, i misunderstood what you wrote
>>109398441is the phone your shilling actually an original linux device or is it reskinned android?
>>109398637I think any non android or IOS is an improvement but ultimately I think we need a fuller break. I think Huawei cutting the android cord fully with Harmony was a great move for example. These software ecosystems will grow and as killer apps emerge people in the West will start feeling left out.
>>109398684i think companies gave up, microsoft tried and failed with windows phone still not sure about the harmonyos on the western market, i've heard that it has an android app support but i'm 100% sure the apps have issues because of google play services which makes them unusable just like on degoogled device so the same lack of software can happen just like on windows phone. it of course does not apply to china. more companies would need to make a move but why would they add massive amount of work for themselves when google provides 90% for them? huawei was forced to.
>>109398839Harmony is completely android free now
Privacy is part of the equation, but the bigger reason is getting away from Google and moving more to open source software.
>>109398226How's the custom ROM scene today? Do banking apps work?
>>109398448linebreak wasn't invented by reddit you stupid newfaggot tourist
>>109398441>telling a potential audience about a "kewl" feature.Getting arrested is a feature?
>>109398420>e2k ISAHow's that going
>>109398226eбaть ты тyпoй мyдeль, пpocтo тypбo гoвнoeд
>>109398226I don't have anything interesting on my computing devices, but I think it's funny making glowies spend a lot of effort to get to my reaction pictures and furry porn
>>109398226GrapheneOS is just for criminals and trannies are in charge of it
>>109398515basically lineage is made for EOL devices that don't receive updates anymore, in a way to prevent planned obsolescence because the manufacturer decided to stop updating software after a couple of years after release onlyit's way less secure than either vanilla android or grapheneos because it lacks security features and device compatibility is dependent on people actually supporting it (so if your device is unpopular it will receive no updates)in short, lineage is only interesting if you want to keep riding your obsolete device (provided it is supported)https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm
>>109398424All posted in less than 30 minutes too. That means he prepared it all in advance...
>>109398584>chinaok, sure>russialol, lmao
>>109400958is this even a concern when you can get a 2 year old flagship for like $300 or a new chinkphone for $200?
>>109398420why do these snowniggers always flood our board and demand to know why we arent using russian slabs of suck that wont A: run any app we care about B: get any reception on our celular system nor C: be affordable at any reasonable price? other than linux based phones there is not a single viable alternative to android in the US. anyone claiming otherwise is always some foreign nigger that doesnt know how how cell networks work.
>>109401017I thought the street shitter was an apple shill locked in the cell phone general?
>>109401081I guess some people don't want to throw away their perfectly functional smartphone just because the manufacturer decided to stop supporting it, especially considering some devices only get a couple of years of updates onlytho now the trend seems to give longer life support for devices, so yeah over time it might be more beneficial to simply change devices than install lineage if you care about longevity
>>109401017You really think I needed to prepare in advance? It only took that long because I was trying to image search in a language I don’t know
>>109401095Instead of calling other people niggers how about realizing that you are a consumer mad that the lollipop you want is only available in the store across the street and in a size you are not used to. You have no idea what apps are on any of these OS.
>>109398253>license agreement wtf is this shit lol>>109400207бaзиpoвaнo ты бypyндyк?
>>109398226>totally not a russian chud paid to advertise shitty russkie os to western chuds by telling them grapheneos is woke
>>109401288>store across the streetits a lolipop i can only suck inside siberia you fucking retard.
>>109401420>lollipopthey're probably talking about a commie dicknobody wants that
>>109399253very dead, roms exist but usually offer no advantage over stock, lineage is like the only consistent one, google is tightened the screw with play integrity around a year ago which makes it extremely hard to pass and requires to use like 4 patches by not very trustworthy developers. whether or not your bank app works depends on play integrity, mine checks for it but it just warned me, told me to remove the app if i'm not the one who made any modifications and told me that i'm doing it on my own risk if i did. overall completely useless if you do not care about google in your phone.
>>109401352>paid to advertiseAs far as I know we can't buy any of this shit so why would someone pay me to advertise it?
>>109401537custom ROMS are shit because the hardware on a mobile phone is more finicky with drivers than a desktop made since the 1980's. This is why it takes several years to build a mature mobile operating system and why people need to stop complaining that it doesn't arrive 100% equal to IOS. If you use it and use claude or whatever to make an app for it and share it the ecosystem will grow and the investment will be there for development and the OS will appear on higher quality hardware and sooner rather than later you'll have a legitimate third and fourth competitor to android and apple for the mobile phone space.
>>109398226>>109398253>>109398334>r*ssiandon't care, hope you die to a Ukrainian drone
>>109401588>hope you die to a Ukrainian droneWhile I wouldn't put it past Ukraine to send drones into New York City it does seem unlikely that I'd be in any targeted space.
>>109401572you're advertising your russian malwareв любoм cлyчae тeбe нyжнo в кyбик и пo cкopee
>>109399827Look, a reader! A lot of these tools appear to be built around using local architectures and hardware first. They clearly want to control the entire vertical from processor up to software meaning they don't trust western chips at all. A few years ago I tried to read up on Elbrus and found that they (probably wisely) don't release many details, even in Russian. There is definitely some security-through-obscurity going on with this space in Russia. Several of the websites for the companies making them are blocked to IP's outside of Russia, which is somewhat unusual.
>>109401615>in love with you, you are needed in a kybik and on a ccopeewat
>>109398226>"privacy concerned" leftoid edegelords who think anyone cares what "data" they have on their phoneChild pornography. They have child pornography on their phones.
