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This is a good time to remind people that if you install a custom ROM from https://xdaforums.com/ (that's where most instructions are at any rate), you can install a version of Android with no google services whatsoever, including no play store
only if your device is rootable unfortunately
Not necessarily. LineageOS doesn't require root; just a compatible device.
It also requires the boot loader to be unlocked, which is the same requirement for rooting a phone. Thus, you can only install LineageOS if your phone is rootable.
An unlocked bootloader and root are very different things
Rooted and rootable are also two different things. Rootable means your phone has the ability to be rooted. Aka an unlocked bootloader.
All phones are rootable if you're determined enough.
(But the ease of rooting should be a consideration when getting a phone)
Where is the motorola graphene OS phone? This would be a great day to launch.
afaik this will be for corporations only and not sold to consumers directly
Oh, I hadn't heard that. Is that a common business model for phones?
i mean it has been a thing for sure, motorola builds the radio and wifi systems in cop cars for example. the phone part may be new but it seems to be of the idea "corporations may need privacy but consumers don't deserve it".
Users deserve to know what's running on their devices.
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