unglueclass23@programming.dev to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agoMotorola’s GrapheneOS phones will launch in 2027 priced higher than Pixelsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1177cross-posted to: technology@midwest.socialtechnology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1177external-linkMotorola’s GrapheneOS phones will launch in 2027 priced higher than Pixelsarstechnica.comunglueclass23@programming.dev to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square49fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@midwest.socialtechnology@lemmy.ml
minus-squarekaty ✨@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·2 months agoi mean everything would be higher than pixels because google heavily subsidises pixels to get their data collection in your hands.
minus-squarechisel@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months agoThey’re mid-tier hardware at flagship prices.
minus-squareLka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoAnd they do the thing just fine.
minus-squarejello@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months ago“the thing” being running GrapheneOS ofc
minus-squareLka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoAnd also just being a decent smart phone.
minus-squareexdor@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoTbh I wouldnt call a Pixel 10 camera “just fine”, it is pretty damn impressive
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoI can’t complain. I love buying old pixels for $100. When you strip out the google bloat, they run great!
minus-squarerefalo@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 months agothere are many decent smartphones available for less money than pixels though, even from motorola
minus-squareexdor@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoYeah and they are insecure and probably have very short and incomplete software updates Phones are sadly not general purpose computers
minus-squarerefalo@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIf they’re insecure then there is an easy way to exploit it to root/flash it with a better OS if that wasn’t already possible. Not everyone wants to drop $900 on a hunk of plastic.
minus-squareexdor@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIt is easier to break something than to reverse engineer drivers and firmware and maintain yourself XD Also, firmware updates need to be signed so it is impossible to update, unless there is a really bad vulnerability And you can buy phones used, my most expensive one was under 400€
i mean everything would be higher than pixels because google heavily subsidises pixels to get their data collection in your hands.
They’re mid-tier hardware at flagship prices.
And they do the thing just fine.
“the thing” being running GrapheneOS ofc
And also just being a decent smart phone.
Tbh I wouldnt call a Pixel 10 camera “just fine”, it is pretty damn impressive
I can’t complain. I love buying old pixels for $100.
When you strip out the google bloat, they run great!
there are many decent smartphones available for less money than pixels though, even from motorola
Yeah and they are insecure and probably have very short and incomplete software updates
Phones are sadly not general purpose computers
If they’re insecure then there is an easy way to exploit it to root/flash it with a better OS if that wasn’t already possible. Not everyone wants to drop $900 on a hunk of plastic.
It is easier to break something than to reverse engineer drivers and firmware and maintain yourself XD
Also, firmware updates need to be signed so it is impossible to update, unless there is a really bad vulnerability
And you can buy phones used, my most expensive one was under 400€