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      I am surprised you didn’t install graphene on it? Seems to be the only reason to buy a pixel imo

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        As someone who has been using Pixels (and Motos and Nexuses) for a while, I was getting them largely because they were pretty hassle free to crack the bootloader and sideload a ROM that lets me actually modify the interface (and other root-access shenanigans). That said, I recently learned about graphene and I intend to give it a try when I have the time to mess with things.

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      Consider looking into graphene-os. I haven’t used it yet, but it purports to force google’s apps back into the sandbox, and replace most of their methods with reverse engineered ones that don’t phone home.

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      I got an openmoko back in the day. I know the feeling.

      I eventually did have fun with it but it never became a phone for me.

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      Since you have a Pixel you can install GrapheneOS on it which excludes all of the Google from Android.