• Habarug@lemm.ee
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    12 days ago

    Well, I can’t speak for everyone else, but I can’t go back because they don’t sell any small phones.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      12 days ago

      I picked the Pixel 8 because:

      1. it runs GrapheneOS
      2. It was a little smaller than the Pixel 8 Pro

      If there was a smaller version available, I would’ve gotten that instead.

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        12 days ago

        I’ve been using the “A” branch of the Pixel line for years now.

        But I use CalyxOS so I guess you and I have to be enemies now. My name is Inigo Montoya, you use a different OS, prepare to die.

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          3 days ago

          Ah man… I just installed graphene to try it … (turns around and runs)

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          Seriously though, would be nice if they could get along and share code and efforts, I’d love to try a graphene-hardened OS with sandboxed microg (instead of gsf) and datura firewall :) Maybe even have the option to have microg in one profile and google play in another. One can dream

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            3 days ago

            Graphene and Calyx are two different paths to two different destinations. Graphene is for security, Calyx is for privacy.

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              3 days ago

              Yep, that’s what I gather as well. I just wish we didn’t have to choose, and could get both

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    12 days ago

    I don’t understand why so many people here keep saying that it’s too hard to make a small phone when all these companies literally make watches with 5G connections…

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      12 days ago

      i don’t think it’s “too hard” to make small phones. but i bet it’s easier to sell bigger phones with more profit margin.

  • Why can’t we have both? I want a bigger phone. Bigger than what I have now, and many people would consider this to be a fairly large phone.

    But I don’t want to stop people who want smaller phones from having those, too.

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      12 days ago

      I’d like to see more options out there. But there are reasons it could be difficult. I’ve been a software dev for 25 years and we’ve had take our software from local installs to web services, then mobile web services or responsive interfaces for all screen sizes. Then mobile APPs came along… and we do have to decide which devices and screen sizes we’re going to support. It’s hard to justify spending 20% more time so that you can support 2% more people. And for my app anyway that’s how many tablet users we have. 2%. So we’ve never done tablets, period. If we had to support some phones that were 3x the size of others, that would be kinda hard too, and we’ll always choose to spend the bulk of our time where the bulk of our users are.

      Just a real answer. Supporting different screen sizes isn’t free.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      12 days ago

      And screen. And buttons.

      I also want something that’s supported more than 3 years so there’s a point to repairing it. Ideally, support should come from the community so it can be infinite as long as someone is willing to do the work.