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0 pointsmicrotonal26d ago0 comments

Imagine if Apple had this same mentality, they would never be where they are.

(/s in case it is needed.)

As a smaller project, choosing a small set of hardware and supporting it really well (aside from security reasons) seems like a much better strategy than supporting tens of devices badly (go to e.g. the /e/OS forums to see what regressions people are dealing with after monthly updates).

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CivBase26d ago

Indeed. Apple is financially successful, but they're ultimately a minority player in pretty much every market they engage with - including desktop/laptop computers and even mobile devices globally. And for me they are just as inaccessible as GraphineOS.

But for Apple that is not necessarily a bad thing. They're a company. Their goal is to make money and they are highly successful at it. GraphineOS is not a company. They don't make money. Which begs the question of what is GraphineOS's real goal and is it valuable? Creating a maximally secure mobile OS seems valuable on its face, but that value is undercut by its inaccessibility.

microtonalOP26d ago

that value is undercut by its inaccessibility

You are saying this like GrapheneOS only runs on some unobtanium hardware. I can literally hop on my bike and pick up a phone that runs GrapheneOS in 5 minutes, every day of the week. Also, it's available in pretty much all price classes except maybe a 100-200 Euro phone that runs on a Unisoc CPU. Pixel 9a regularly goes for 350 Euro here and you can go all the way up to an expensive flagship with a Pixel Fold (or anything in between). Even in the 100-200 bracket you can probably pick up a refurbished 8a that should still be supported until 2031.

I know that they are not sold in every country, but worst case it should be possible to get your hands on one second hand or refurbished.

CivBase26d ago

The Pixel hardware does not have the capabilities I consider to be essential for my personal phone.

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0 pointsmicrotonal26d ago0 comments

Imagine if Apple had this same mentality, they would never be where they are.

(/s in case it is needed.)

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CivBase26d ago

microtonalOP26d ago

that value is undercut by its inaccessibility

I know that they are not sold in every country, but worst case it should be possible to get your hands on one second hand or refurbished.

CivBase26d ago

The Pixel hardware does not have the capabilities I consider to be essential for my personal phone.

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