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[–] Redex68@lemmy.world 9 points 1 hour ago

I love this new arc of pewds, unimaginably based. I'm actually interested in watching his videos now after a looong time. The last three tech related ones were great.

[–] baatliwala@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Dude's having an interesting life trajectory

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 11 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Man I want to move to Graphene so bad. I want all the google ripped out of my phone.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

It was incredibly easy to do and a refurbished pixel 8 is way cheaper than a new phone.

[–] tripflag@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

what's stopping you? was the very first thing I did, don't regret it for a second -- https://ocv.me/b/img/IMG_20230811_121845_049.1ssy.jpg "i'm about to finish setting up my pixel alright" :p

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

The cost of buying a pixel is the only thing stopping me. I don't have enough to replace my aging phone with much of anything, let alone a pixel.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

You can save quite a bit by getting a refurbished Pixel - looks like the cheapest "Google certified" option (so it comes with a 1-year warranty) is a 6a for $250, which is nearly half off MSRP. I've been using my 6a since launch, so it's been going for 3 years now and I have no desire to upgrade.

You can definitely get cheaper smartphones, but $250 for a 6a feels like a pretty big bang for your buck.

[–] DrunkAnRoot@sh.itjust.works 1 points 25 minutes ago

i got 8a for 300 thats prob one of the best deals

[–] 10001110101@lemm.ee 1 points 53 minutes ago

I used Swappa to buy my last phone. Not certified, but much cheaper. The condition of phones is "graded," and the sellers have an incentive to keep their reputation on the platform high. I had good luck, the one time I used it, at least.

[–] tripflag@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

in that case I would feel comfortable going with a refurb like theloweststone mentioned; pixels are the only(?) android devices which let you swap out the bootloader in a safe manner, so even a phone that's been in shady hands should be fine if the boot hash matches. And if you know another person with graphene you can do the attestation just to be certain.

but since the future of GrapheneOS is slightly shaky at the moment, I've looking at alternatives for when my current device inevitably bites the dust -- fairphone and pinephone both look like decent choices at first glance. It's an unfortunate situation but just gotta roll with it!

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 11 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I’m sceptical of his steamdeck hosting solution :p hope he has backup for his files too

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 hour ago

That's funny I've been DONE with poopoopie for a few years. Somehow people keep pushing this creep.

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 46 points 4 hours ago (6 children)

Three R’s to deGoogling: Reduce, replace, remove.

I would say start by changing your browser and search engine (lots of options out there today), and then set up your own domain for email hosting so you can try different providers.

There isn’t another YouTube with all that content out there, so that one is tough, but you don’t have to 100% de google, 50% is still good. 15% is still good.

[–] wesley@yall.theatl.social 1 points 23 minutes ago

Nebula is an option for some content creators but it is subscription based.

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 33 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.

[–] MJKee9@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago

Pobodies nerfect....

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