Wondering the same. I’ve been hoping to hold off on a new Pixel until the new EU battery laws take effect (also, where the hell is concept art for a new generation of user-serviceable batteries?).

You know those factories that pump out iPhone clones? Honestly, I’d love to get whoever runs one of those hooked on GrapheneOS. It’s damn impressive how they can set up the tooling, clone the iOS UI, and sell it all for cheap within a couple of months. And without the kickback Google gives for pre-installing Google Play or whatever. Imagine that effort being put towards a phone just for GrapheneOS.

Admittedly, someone who makes iPhone clones is probably not someone who thinks about security much, but my point is, I really wish someone stepped up to produce phones with first-class support for GrapheneOS.

More realistically, I’m banking on the passion of the folks at GrapheneOS. Should Google pull the plug one day, I’m hopeful the GOS team can recommend a plan of action until a more GOS-friendly device shows up. Worst case scenario, I’ll keep my Pixel with GOS kicking around and have a separate device with regular Android. It’ll be just for the apps that demand spying, shut off at night, and I’ll minimize travelling with it.

Indeed. I have everything encrypted, but it’s still a waste of P/E cycles, especially when combining large quantities of RAM with QLC flash SSDs.

No, just eyeballing it, the decorations just need to look good

Low-profile noise-cancelling earbuds. Lived with a snoring roommate for some months, don’t know how I would’ve slept without those.

genuinely curious, do most people fold shirts so the front ends up inside? I pretty much just copied the way they fold them at stores so the front is on display

Meh. I’d try it but I don’t think I would especially enjoy it over any other burger. But I won’t judge anyone who likes it.

Indoor lighting with sunglasses on is too dim for my tastes. Alternatively, my shades might be too dark. I’ll put them in my bag or on the brim of my hat, if one or the other are available.

S3 sleep powers down all major components except for RAM. Modern sleep also keeps the CPU and network up, albeit in a low power state. It’s not always executed well, hence the reports of laptops cooking themselves in a bag or draining overnight despite being “in sleep mode”.

• Light and dark modes with nothing in between. Platinum from MacOS and the default look from Windows 95 were crisp and bright without burning out your eyeballs.
• Wasted screen space. People laugh at Japanese websites for looking too busy, but I’d much rather deal with that than scroll for ages or look for links buried 3 levels deep in a hamburger menu.
• The idea that everything needs a backlit color LCD screen.
• Modern standby on laptops. Sure I could just hibernate it, but that’s very inelegant when S3 sleep was perfectly fine before.
• Glued-together electronics.

I had a fine time at the DDR museum a few years ago, but I might just be an ignorant foreigner. What makes it a bad choice?