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Buying an Android phone is no longer enough — Google wants you to subscribe too
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this post was submitted on 20 May 2026
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I used to be excited about new android releases. Nowadays it has turned into dread. Stop enshittifying my phone.
I am sorry to be that guy, but think about switching to another Android ROM (like GrapheneOS) or a Linux phone.
Android will only get worse from here, the Roms and Linux will get better.
Wake me up when they are viable daily drivers
been daily driving graphene for a bit over a year now and it does everything i did on the stock pixel. banking and authenticators work perfectly
Graphene is android, it can be gone in a month of Google decides.
GrapheneOS has been a viable daily driver for most people for quite some time. I've used it for two years now without issue. Even banking apps and the like work apart from some very unusual cases which don't affect me personally.
Goooood morning sunshine!
I swapped my pixel a few weeks back, and it's been so smooth that I forgot I did
I still hate that they started using "AI" to control display brightness. Since then I constantly have to change my brightness and it still somehow manages to always get it wrong.
Is that why my wife's pixel suddenly dims then slowly brightens repeatedly even when the light is not changing?
I've had pre-ai devices that did that