Post #2418486

2026-05-11 12:13 UTC

Don’t give money to google by buying Pixel phones. Even buying used, creates demand as people are more likely to keep upgrading every year as they know it will be easy to sell their used Pixels for a good price.

Replies (3)

@poopsmith@lemmy.ml 2026-05-11 13:28

What’s the alternative?

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@FosterMolasses@leminal.space 2026-05-11 17:11

This 1000 times. I can’t understand the logic between willfully getting a Pixel phone. Isn’t it enough that Google spies on you every chance they get, you want actual hardware from them too? lol

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@TootTootComingThru@lemmy.world 2026-05-11 16:47

There is and there never will be a perfect solution and you shouldn’t let an imperfect solution stop you from using the best one of these just because buying a used pixel MIGHT urge somebody to buy another new one. You may not want to do that, but it is silly and way too idealistic and impractical to demand others not to switch to Graphene because of that. Buying a used pixel to degoogle and make your phone more secure and less likely to spy on you more than balances out the potential for there being one more new pixel on the future. There will never be a perfect solution and this one is fine enough for most. You may disagree and that’s ok.

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