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Feds in Catalonia, Spain think everyone using a Google Pixel must be a drug dealer
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I think this is incorrect but I could be wrong.
You can not buy a Pixel device preloaded with GrapheneOS. They only come from Google with their standard Android and it's up to the end user to install GrapheneOS. Unless you buy a used Pixel device with GrapheneOS already installed.
If friends asked I would flash their pixel with Graphene, then set it up basically as they would use it for them.
Getting started was complex, your average user won't have a good experience getting their apps added without a power user helping.
I would like to install it someday but I'm afraid of this process
Its really not too complicated. Id recommend doing it using a other phone as the installer rather than a PC though, just goes smoother IMO. Very straightforward web installer, just push buttons alongside the instructions.
https://grapheneos.org/install/
What's the complex part?
Hmm, you used to be able to buy them directly from Google, but that doesn't seem to be the case any more.
Umm... I don't think that's right. I don't think you could ever buy a phone from Google with GrapheneOS.
Yeah I'd consider that as a used phone. I'd only get the hardware from the OEM and install GrapheneOS myself. Less chance of man in the middle. It's super easy to install using the web installer.