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So today I finally took the plunge and bought a new Pixel 8a to install GrapheneOS on. It will be my new daily driver, replacing my current phone. It's getting delivered tomorrow, and I'd like to make sure I'm getting the full privacy/security benefits from the device. What other recommendations would you provide?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, the downvote chilling effect is real.

I try to figure out why some people are habitual downvoters, and I have some archtype theories:

  1. I don't 100% agree with what you said, but 99% we are on the same page
  2. I have serious moral objections to your content being off topic, or offensive
  3. I misclicked (or swipped to hard) and was trying to upvote
  4. I stopped reading the messages, and I'm just downvoting your name all the way down the thread because of something you said at the top of the thread.

Example in this same discussion, one person is downvoting ANYONE who mentions a keyboard app that isn't the keyboard app they recommended. That would be personality type 1.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Lol I do the #3 all the fucking time with Voyager app

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

@[email protected] Which category represents your downvote here?

I think it's #4.