Comment by mmh0000 | Hacker News Reader

Comment by mmh0000 | Hacker News Reader

It has been discussed here and elsewhere to death, so I won't rehash it.

Suffice to say that I like privacy and I am angered that Apple would accuse me of being a pedophile. To that end:

  * I have been an iphone users for years, just listed it for sale. 
  * Bought a Google Pixel 4 XL off eBay
  * Flashing it to https://calyxos.org/
  * Goodbye Apple.

I researched other phone options, like:

  PinePhone: Long ago I used a Nokia N900, and while pure Linux awesomeness, man it required much tweaking to get basic functions working. While researching the PinePhone, I went to the Reddit support forum. One of the top posts was "HOWTO - Get MMS Working" and decided that, no, I do not have time in my life for another phone that requires that much work.

  Librem 5: Holy expensive Batman! for really low specs.

I have said this on other threads. But, I really miss nothing by having a flip phone for the last 1.5 years. Because I work in front of a computer, not having a computer in my pocket is amazing. If I am away from the computer, I am away from the internet and scrolling through stuff. I can understand how people might feel like they would miss things, but I have never once been like, oh I really wish I had "X" app right now.

> Librem 5: Holy expensive Batman! for really low specs.

This is not just specs: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Freque...

Also the specs are not as bad as one might think: https://forums.puri.sm/t/comparing-specs-of-upcoming-linux-p...

The i.MX 8M Quad is better than the Allwinner A64: 30% faster CPU clock speed, 140% faster RAM standard, 140% 20 better OpenGL performance, USB 3.0 and support for higher resolution cameras.

>One of the top posts was "HOWTO - Get MMS Working" and decided that, no

It's true: MMS is not well supported yet. But there is already proof of concept, so it's a matter of time until it works without tinkering.

Appreciate the details of how you took action on this.

In terms of an OS for your Pixel, I'm curious about this myself. Were there any other options you considered, and how did you evaluate them?

And regarding Pinephone and Librem, though you won't be a customer is there any other way you can support? These options seem like the long term solution, anything else just falls short.

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