Depends which side the US is on

The pixel 9 is way bigger than the iPhone minis were

Ah yeah that’s a pretty good use case

How does the Bluetooth work? If you’re close enough to be in bluetooth range with someone aren’t you close enough to just speak to them?

At Microsoft they just release it instead

I’ve stopped casually browsing Reddit but sometimes it’s the only way to get somewhat decent search results

Yeah they said this several years ago with the super duper graphics pack which was supposed to come to all bedrock versions and then they gave up with that and we just got Minecraft RTX exclusively on Windows 10 instead which was then shortly abandoned after a couple of updates. We’ll see if anything actually comes of it this time

Seems promising but it looks like they’re still working on adding stuff like suggestions at the moment which I can’t do without. I’ll give it a proper try once they’re implemented

Plus all the add-on modules for Exchange online, Entra etc

Weasels are weasily identifiable and stoats are stoatally different

Hmm I’ll give that a try, I don’t think I’ll stick with 60Hz but it will be interesting to see the difference

How does CalyxOS bypass the root detection?

Monopoly is the reason I used to think I hated board games

Don’t notifications only work if you install it with Google play services though? I need notifications to work reliably

Yes Tailscale or perhaps just a direct Wireguard VPN is something I want to look into at some point. I want to get everything else on my server set up first before I worry about external access though (I’m also slightly paranoid about exposing anything to outside connections even if it is as safe as Tailscale)

Oh I never realised Xiaomi wasn’t available in the US. But yes I agree, I was interested in CalyxOS and LineageOS until I realised they weren’t even as secure as stock Android. LineageOS still interests me slightly just because of how unrestricted it is, but I probably won’t try it unless I have major issues with GrapheneOS

Yeah it was cheap enough even if it only lasts me a couple of years I won’t feel ripped off! I only looked at Pixels as I specifically wanted to run GrapheneOS over stock Android any of the other custom ROMs

Yeah Immich is good enough at the moment, as you said it’s a small team and it’s completely free. I’m also planning on checking out Nextcloud as a replacement for general cloud storage soon. I’ve heard mixed things about the aurora store, especially since the no account feature just seems to rely on a bunch of anonymous gmail accounts they made and from what I’ve seen they randomly get blocked. If I was to completely avoid Google play services I’d probably use obtainium or f-droid, but as I need Google play services anyway it doesn’t seem like I’m compromising much by using the Google play store as well.

Interesting to hear the battery life is a GrapheneOS specific issue, I guess that’s a compromise I can deal with as it’s still enough to get me through the day! And yes I think you’re right about me just being used fo the iOS keyboard, I’m sure I’ll get used to this one soon.

I’ve found the chromium reader mode now, I didn’t expect it to be under accessibility settings!

Are you talking about this? https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/62387/are-there-any-downsides-or-risks-to-limiting-background-processes

If so what would you recommend setting it to?

I got the 8a sealed off of ebay for £260, I don’t see the 9a dropping to that price any time soon. I wasn’t willing to spend any more than that as I’m still not sure if I’m switching permanently or not. Had I not got such a good price for the 8a I probably would have waited and got a 9a