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  • it depends.

    you’ll definitely be loosing security, which can turn into loosing privacy if you get affected by malware.

    you’ll also be loosing privacy if installing proprietary apps, since GrapheneOS has features like storage scopes and a better permission system that help minimizing privacy issues.

    I think that locking your bootloader in a Pixel is possible regardless of the ROM you install.

    Anyway, I think that there’s no real benefit of installing any other custom ROM in a Pixel other than GrapheneOS. You’ll be just loosing out in security and potentially privacy for no real reason.



  • Which search engine do you use? If FOSS, which engine do it use? VPN?

    There’s a relevant difference here. If the proprietary software runs on the server side and everything on the client side it’s free software, that’s very different than running a proprietary web browser on your own machine.

    So as long as my search engine does not execute proprietary JavaScript and I can connect to my VPN using the OpenVPN or Wireguard client, it’s okay.

    Nonetheless, it’s of course very much preferable that the server side is free software too.

    I don’t care if the proprietary software comes from a mega corp or a small startup. It’s still proprietary.