Might be possible to have the best of both worlds soon, a private smartphone that doesn't track you, so you don't have to lock it in a drawer. GrapheneOS have partnered with Motorola and as I understand it you will be able to buy a non Google Android phone without having to install the OS yourself. Hasn't happened yet but it's supposed to be on the way. You can buy a Fairphone right now with Murena OS on it, it's not as secure as Graphene, but it's not a Google Android.Originally Posted by User211
It's not a hugely difficult task to do it yourself, but you need a Google Pixel phone as that's all Graphene works on currently, so that's a hurdle by itself. Then you effectively replace the firmware and install the new OS. But it is probably a step too much for most people. But if you can buy a Motorola with Graphene out of the box, you have a phone that's not constantly sending data back to mother. But obviously you have to be mindful of what apps you use. If the first thing you do is install the Google play store and all your favourite apps, you've totally balls it up. You can however create a separate user profile which is sandboxed and go that route for installing normal apps, but I'm probably talking gobbldy goop now for most!
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