I need to use Google Android OS for work. If I use a Pixel 4, will it spy on me less than if I use something newer like a Pixel 9?
I need to use Google Android OS for work. If I use a Pixel 4, will it spy on me less than if I use something newer like a Pixel 9?
It is worse than the Google Pixel by a lot. Samsung loves spyware (looking at you you preloaded Israel spyware for phones in the middle east), and you still have the Google spyware too (Samsung+Google OS vs just Google). Pixel is pretty clean (compared to other certified Android devices). I used Universal-Android-Debloater-NG on a fresh Pixel 10 and there wasnt much to debloat (without compromising functionality). Avoid phone carriers when buying a phone, more spyware.
My recommendations: Buy a Pixel 9 or 10 (unlocked not from a carrier) and flash GrapheneOS. Way better than stock.
Samsung started permablocking any alternative os by just not having an unlock able bootloader at all
Idk how that relates to my comment at all. Yes that is true, part of the reason I’d never use a Samsung. UAD-ng can be used to debloat while keeping the stock OS.