Grayjay is nice, not perfect but getting better all the time. I won't buy a new device because of this, I unfortunately just purchased a new phone on a Black Friday deal. But there is no way in hell I'm going to inflate android's user base with my next device purchase. That's where I draw the line, no more Google hardware or software purchases. Zero. I'm sure as fuck not buying a Pixel, or buying anything through Google's marketplace. I'm not buying another Android device, and I'm not sure if there is anything that could change my mind at this point. Google is dead to me after this.

It's important to remember that Google is an adtech business first and foremost. It's basically the only way they can generate cash. ADtech relies on user counts and active users to negotiate prices and other business deals. I'm not helping Google facilitate those business practices in the future. Buying a used pixel and putting Graphene on it sounds great in principle, but you are 110% adding yourself to the pool of Google pixel users, inflating the value of Google's advertising business. You don't get to opt out of that user count, even if you are 101% 'degoogled' your are going to be counted as a Google phone owner. Because you would be.