• apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    We need hardware requirements so that not just pixel phones can get grapheneOS. Giving into Google hardware to escape Google software is a step I don’t want to take. I’ll take calyxOS or divestOS until then.

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      6 months ago

      My main issue with Pixels is their price, even the Pixel A. They are completely unaffordable new, and only hit below $300 when they barely have any support yet (or are used). I don’t mind using an EOL phome because with short support like on phones it is unavoidable, but that would be after alreafdy overpaying.

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        4 months ago

        My main issue with Pixels is their price, even the Pixel A

        Have you priced out any comparable phones? They’re practically a steal at their discounted prices.

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            4 months ago

            I mean, that’s fine, but that absolutely does not make a $450 phone “completely unaffordable”…

            Most people around me carry $1k+ iPhones.

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                4 months ago

                They’re not rich, they’re just stupid. They pay $25/mo or whatever for 80 years. It’s not wealth, it’s just shitty culture.

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                  4 months ago

                  Well, too bad for them then. Taking a loan does not make a purchase easier, you pay even more anyway. So point still stands, a $450 phone IS an egregious lot, just not absolutely insanely so.

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                    4 months ago

                    Taking a loan does not make a purchase easier, you pay even more anyway

                    Yes, as I said, they’re stupid.

                    So point still stands, a $450 phone IS an egregious lot

                    No, it doesn’t. And no, it’s not. $450 gets you a SIGNIFICANTLY better device than $200. Probably 95% of available phones are well over $200. Just because you personally can’t afford it does not make it “egregious”.