I broke my phone a few months ago and I hadn’t use a phone since I didn’t need it until now. I’m willing to buy one that’s around under 500$. I’m thinking of getting google pixel maybe, any recommendations?

  • ugh... lo!
    0•3 years ago

    OK, has any xiaomi phone audited by anybody?

    What about proprietary hardware of all other vendors?

    I’m not trying to say that pixel is perfect or something, I think whole mobile market is a proprietary shit, tbh. But you need phone anyway, so IMT just trying to tell that pixel smells less that xiaomi, Asus or anything else

    • @[email protected]M
      -2•3 years ago

      Pixel smells less than

      Are you implying that American brands are somehow better than Taiwanese or Chinese or rest of world brands? Is this some kind of blind USA cultism? Despite the fact that Google AI was directly involved in bombings in Yemen, it smells less bad than Xiaomi or other brands?

      Forgot to address your “muh all phones have proprietary hardware” argument. All phones have one less proprietary hardware layer to deal with. Google adds that compared to other OEMs. Lesser the proprietary “security” components, lesser the attack surface, more the security.

      • ugh... lo!
        2•3 years ago

        I’m not from USA and “cultism” is not for me, I’m enthusiast of open source and don’t trust proprietary software and hardware. Sadly, but there is no 100% hardware ready for end-users, so I’m just trying to find a balance.

        Btw, any device has proprietary “security” components, so it’s all about “smells less”, not " trusted one".

        My own opinion - GrapheneOS is good one, using it on Pixel devices is a trade-off.

        Anyway, that thread comes to holywar and I don’t want to take part in it, my arguments and thoughts you can find in comments above, if you disagree with them - OK, I’m fine with it. Just shared my thoughts