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oso | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +6 
 I can not understand the large number of people that are willing to sacrifice a lot to decentralice money and social media but use a phone that they need the governments and a private companies permission to run software on.

I understand that 99% people do not care about neither until it is to late. But I would assume we, the 1% paranoid crypto anarchists would care about both.
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bitkojine | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 what do you want to run on iOS so bad? šŸ˜ƒ A government phone has its place
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oso | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 That is indeed how 99% of people think. It is the "I have nothing to hide"/"nobody is interested in me" equivalent. 

I would expect the paranoid crypto anarchists to get a severe allergic reaction to giving up that kind of power even if they do not require the freedom right now. 

I would not argue against having a decoy government phone to keep up the appearance of being a normal citizen. That is not my level of paranoia though...
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bitkojine | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 šŸ˜‚ iā€™m trying hard to seem normal. 99% sounds great
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ricko | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 I'm using Pixel 7 w/GrapheneOS. I'm also considering the Unplugged Phone. 

I wish I could find some good Pros/Cons comparisons between the 2.
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Islamic Audiobooks Central | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 One is open source. The other is proprietary. Enough said.
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ricko | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Good Point šŸ‘
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telluride | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I use unplugged. Bought it in June. 
I was using an old android. 
-went scorched earth and switched to proton mail suite and installed linux on my laptop.  šŸ˜‚

There are definite trade offs with unplugged but its a good phone, solid camera.  Its better than going with a dumbphone for sure.
There are decent alternatives to almost all MS/Goog products with exception to maps.  I was backpacking in Central America and it resorted to paper maps.
Protonmail gmail are identical 
Same with calendar and all the cloud backups.
My next trip Ill bring my old phone and just tether it so I can use goog maps.
#unplugged