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minus-squareJo Miran@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·11 months agoTo be most specific, LineageOS (open source Android) on a Google Pixel phone. Google’s Pixel hardware is open.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·11 months agoYou can side load apps on pretty much every version of Android.
minus-squareJo Miran@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·11 months agoYes but if you want the truly free “this is my hardware, keep your corpo hands off of it” experience, then Pixel phones with FOSS OS is the way to go.
minus-squareHubertManne@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoeven the modem? I was under the impression that cellular modems where the thing keeping a truly free phone being made.
minus-squareLem453@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoPretty sure grapheneos has binary blobs for all the firmware, SOC/modem, camera, Bluetooth etc. nothing they can do since the manufacturers only release binary blobs and by the time it could be reversed engineered it would be obsolete
To be most specific, LineageOS (open source Android) on a Google Pixel phone. Google’s Pixel hardware is open.
You can side load apps on pretty much every version of Android.
Yes but if you want the truly free “this is my hardware, keep your corpo hands off of it” experience, then Pixel phones with FOSS OS is the way to go.
even the modem? I was under the impression that cellular modems where the thing keeping a truly free phone being made.
Pretty sure grapheneos has binary blobs for all the firmware, SOC/modem, camera, Bluetooth etc. nothing they can do since the manufacturers only release binary blobs and by the time it could be reversed engineered it would be obsolete