I recently asked for recommendations elsewhere regarding a cost-effective phone with the best camera that’s a reasonable price. Almost unanimous recommendations for a Pixel a couple years old. I’m a total noob for privacy stuff but joining Lemmy under the dbzer0 instance, I’m feeling more motivated to learn more and get out from under the thumb of major corps as much as possible.
Can you have a Pixel and still de-google? It seems unlikely… Any advice?
Ironically Pixel phones are well suited to be degoogled. I’m not versed in the technical background, but CustomROMs like GrapheneOS can be installed and bootloader locked after installation. There must be a reason they are the only choice by several CustomROM teams focused on privacy.
I just bought a Pixel 6a for ~300€ (7a was 470€ here). One factor was this video from Marques Brownlee. I’m not a fan, but stumbled over it. Here he let his considerable viewer base vote on the best cameras. It was a blind heads up test and not just a heads up bracket.