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[–] [email protected] 174 points 4 months ago (23 children)

Hate it like you want, but the effing pixels are still the best phones. Not by os, not by spec, but simply by being the most open android of them all. The easiest to de-google. Sounds stupid, but is not.

I hate google with all my heart (since they dropped their slogan "don't be evil" and went... Well.... Evil). But i will buy their fucking phones until a viable alternative comes along.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 4 months ago (15 children)

100%. I just bought a Pixel 8 so I could install Graphene OS. It was so damn easy too. I was amazed. This phone is great minus the lack of headphone jack and SD card slot.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

same here. bought one 2 months ago

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

hell yes. been using this combo for over a year now, won't ever look back

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Been using their phones since the Nexus 6. That thing was huge.

And I'm the one guy that uses Google Fi. My bill was $38 last month.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And I'm the one guy that uses Google Fi. My bill was $38 last month.

There are dozens of us, baker's dozens.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My bill was $38 last month.

Did you mean that this was a lot or dirt cheap? Sounds quite expensive to me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Genuinely curious, what service are you comparing this to that makes it sound quite expensive? Asking for my wallet

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

A very basic phone plan from one of the top three ISPs where I live (Taiwan). Comes with 3 GB of data a month. (I'm on Wi-Fi most of the time.) Costs ~$6.1 a month. No 5G connection, only 4G. ~22 cents per minute of calltime.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

$38 usd is considered low in the US because even though we all have a high median income the cost of everything is extraordinarily high, rendering most americans de facto impoverished

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I see... that sounds terrible tbh

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

it is pretty bad!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I've been on Fi for years, I think basically since the first year they started ProjectFi. So much cheaper than my old Verizon or sprint accounts...

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