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One Week with GrapheneOS: The Good, The Compromises, and The Surprises

By bilemaPosted on March 14, 2026Posted in Android alternative, EscapeGoogleTagged Android, de-googling, digital privacy, Finland, GrapheneOS, mobile privacy, MobilePay, Pixel 9a, privacy, Signal, tech independence, user profilesNo Comments

After years on standard Android with Google services running the show, I took the plunge: GrapheneOS on a Pixel 9a as my daily driver. Here’s what I learned in the first week. The Setup: Jolla Devices Delivered I ordered my Pixel 9a with GrapheneOS pre-installed from Jolla Devices. I can’t recommend them enough. Fast service, […]

The Phone Decision: (A “Google” Phone :)) Pixel 9a with GrapheneOS

By bilemaPosted on February 25, 2026Posted in EscapeGoogle, Switching to LinuxTagged Android alternatives, de-googling, degoogled phone, GrapheneOS, LineageOS, mobile privacy, Pixel 9a, privacy, Sailfish OSNo Comments

The phone has always been the elephant in the room. I can migrate email, switch to Linux, replace every Google service on my desktop—but all of that feels hollow when I’m carrying a Google device in my pocket 16 hours a day, feeding the surveillance engine with every tap, swipe, and location ping. So the […]

The Elephant in the Room: What About the Phone?

By bilemaPosted on February 4, 2026Posted in Android alternative, EscapeGoogleTagged Android alternatives, CalyxOS, de-googling, GrapheneOS, Linux phones, mobile privacy, privacy, ungoogled AndroidNo Comments

When I posted about this de-Googling project to a friend, the response was immediate and ironic: “Sent in Meta on a Google device.” He wasn’t wrong. I can migrate my email to Proton, switch my desktop to Linux, isolate my Microsoft services in a dedicated browser, and replace every Google service on my computer—but all […]