pixels are expensive and unavailable in my area.
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Yeah, same. I'm a GOS user myself but hate the absolutism some people have about it. I would've probably gone with Lineage if I hadn't bought this particular phone (and would likely go there anyway after the support ends, as GOS' support is relatively short).
Edit: where I am, Pixels are also not officially available (although still surprisingly popular despite that, as they're easy to get from unofficial resellers) and expensive relative to average income - like, the latest models would be completely out of my reach, their cost is egregious, and even a generation behind ($300) was still a lot.
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Yeah, same. I'm a GOS user myself but hate the absolutism some people have about it. I would've probably gone with Lineage if I hadn't bought this particular phone (and would likely go there anyway after the support ends, as GOS' support is relatively short).
Edit: where I am, Pixels are also not officially available (although still surprisingly popular despite that, as they're easy to get from unofficial resellers) and expensive relative to average income - like, the latest models would be completely out of my reach, their cost is egregious, and even a generation behind ($300) was still a lot.
A fork of GOS for EOL devices would be pretty nice I agree , but GOS doesn't decise phone security, manufacturers do. Any phone with good enough security would be a target device for GOS.
Calyx OS usually run longer on EOL so I would go there before lineage.
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A fork of GOS for EOL devices would be pretty nice I agree , but GOS doesn't decise phone security, manufacturers do. Any phone with good enough security would be a target device for GOS.
Calyx OS usually run longer on EOL so I would go there before lineage.
I absolutely understand why GOS stops updates when it does. And that's precisely why I dislike the absolutism - the user might have other priorities.
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I absolutely understand why GOS stops updates when it does. And that's precisely why I dislike the absolutism - the user might have other priorities.
Well . That's what forks are for. The aim of GOS is not to support a lot of devices. Since it can't achieve its goals of a reasonable secure device that way. But as I said a fork of GOS would be good , or longer support from calyx. I think I got a year more out of a pixel 3 on calyx OS. But if your goal is maximum security there is no way around the fact that without manufacturers updates and to a certain extent hardware limitations, it won't be possible to do.
But best would be a good Linux phone so we can move away from Android all together, hope we can see that soon
