Get a used Pixel and install either LineageOS, GraphenOS or CalyxOS. If you don't want a Pixel, LineageOS supports other devices so you can buy any of those models used as well. Apple, Samsung or whoever can't take us down!
It has been a few years since I checked but I remember manufacturers were really stingy about firmware updates. Is that still an issue?
wait until Google releases a new pixel this fall, buy "last year's" pixel at a discount and they are supported for 7 (?) years of updates (including firmware).
I would recommend GraphenesOS bc they only deal with android and pixel phones so there is a high level of compatibility and things rarely break. (In many cases GrapheneOS was more stable than Google's android, recently with the multiple profiles and memory bug). They also push fixes and security hardening upstream sometimes.
Anyway, GrapheneOS will support a Pixel for as long as the manufacturer (Google) releases firmware updates. So you have the potential of 7+ years of support from GrapheneOS.
I am super not buying a device from Google. The company that sells user data and that has a record of killing products. They basically bricked my pixel and took so long to fix it I had to get a new phone. Yeah not doing that again.
I agree with the sentiment but Google is an Ad business. Selling phones by itself does not financially support them.
GrapheneOS on Pixel is the most stable and secure way to have a modern mobile phone that is free of trackers (from google and apple alike).
I can't picture a better way to "stick it to the man" than 7 years of them unable to track and serve you ads
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