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  • is it something you’d recommend for a privacy worried user?

    Absolutely

    I assume google headphones would cease to work if I degoogle the device

    They’ll work perfectly.

    Is there a pixel device with a jack port?

    No.

    Are batteries inside pixel devices glued to the frame or can they be easy to change?

    They are glued, like all modern devices.

    My main OS is debian. How easy is to transfer data from GrapheneOS to debian and the other way round?

    Very easy with KDEConnect/GSConnect.

    Overall if you run GrapheneOS on a pixel, how many years running it and what do you think about it?

    About 4 years. I like everything about it. The only thing I don’t like is that it can’t solve problems inherent in Google’s monopoly. So some Google Play apps will not work and notifications won’t work without Google’s proprietary Google Play Services or one of the super rare apps that support unifiedpush. The vast majority of developers don’t publish their apps outside of the Play Store, and almost none of them support anything other than Google’s FCM for notifications. Google Pay simply won’t work at all.


  • You don’t have to use the latest OS.

    Yes, Tahoe will be the last. However that will last you another year and then you’ll get a couple more years of security updates after that, so it will still be safe to use. The thing is already >10 years old so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement before then.

    Putting Linux on a Mac is, in my experience, a right pain in the ass. They have proprietary hardware and drivers that just make it very painful.