As someone who's used android literally since the first android phone was released, it's a massive disappointment how locked down and enshittified it's become.
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This is why I specifically pick phones that have custom ROM support. Then I don't need to install gapps and I just use fdroid
to respond to the title, I'm not sure about that. your problems are with the samsung system, not with all the custom roms. I think it's not only graphene that's the solution. It's even only available for a little subset of the phones.
That's only as long as you have money for a Pixel (and most people don't).
The biggest problem is the scarce availability outside the US.
Or should I say, that the biggest problem is software compatibility with other devices than the Pixel?
My money is on the latter.
The a series is pretty good bang for your buck, if you can't afford that and neither used ones, then maybe you could settle for one of the cheaper Asian ones supported by Divest OS
Exactly - I'm still very happy with my 4a. A used 5, 6 or 7a would be very cheap and very usable.
Most people have no problem paying more for an iPhone.
most rich people*
If that's rich, you worse problems than privacy.
I am surprised it took you this long.
The next step in this evolutionary thinking is simple. Buying hardware specs is a fool's folly. I don't compare hardware. Ads and marketing are totally nonsense and not worth even a slight glance. The ONLY thing that matters is what open source projects exist and what hardware do they support well. This is how I shop. Open Source or F.O.
New motto: open source, open purse
All in all my conclusion after experiencing the same: Samsung wants to replicate the same level of surveilance Google has. So with a Samsung phone I need to degoogle AND to desamsung ...
it spreads anti-libre software