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    You can function in today’s society just fine, it’s just less convenient.

    But the problem here is not only that you need a smartphone to begin with, but also one specifically from either Google or Apple. Having something else (like a phone with Sailfish or GrapheneOS or any other custom rom) also doesn’t work.

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      I am switching to graphene OS first chance I get, it should be this summer, damn the consequences.

      I lived most of my life without any type of cell phone let alone a smart one. I’m going back to our roots, to reject this techno fascist bullshit it’s only downhill from here on their gear.

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        Yes, please. The more users we have on Graphene the harder we are to ignore as a user base.

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          The general crowd doesn’t seem to care about the trends that make graphene common sense and I suspect that Google would take measures if it ever did like they’re currently doing to fdroid.

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            In at least some sectors, even this enshitified EU should be forced to stop Google from being anti-competitive towards graphene to some extent.

            The US is fucked but I don’t know about the rest of the world necessarily, kind of a free-for-all right now.

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            They are working on their “own” phone which should alleviate a fair number of concerns with what Google might be doing to sabotage them.