I ran GrapheneOS on a pixel 5 but ultimately went back to stock.
GrapheneOS was considerably slower on my phone. Apps took a bit longer to loader, but the worst was installing APKs, it takes so much longer compared to stock. Some apps (e.g. revolut) took more than 5 minutes to install, it was crazy.
I think I figured out the reason. Thumbnail previews are generated by your local instances, in the first post I've linked, the meme is actually a link to https://i.imgflip.com/7rgf1k.jpg which the instance downloads and generates a thumbnail for.
On posts that are actual images uploaded to the instance (e.g. the second link I posted), it looks like that lemmy just reuses the URLs.
I’d know if someone had any access to my phone
This is really a bold claim. How or why makes you so sure of that?
If the attacker/app manages to get some application running in the background as root, how would you know that they had access to your phone?
Am I naïve for thinking that manufacturers stopping support for devices, then claiming it affects your safety, is just to sell more phones?
Yes you are.
Vulnerabilities are constantly being found in the software stack used by Android, if you are running vulnerable software you're increasing the likelihood of some malicious app (or website, file, etc...) taking advantage of the vulnerability. The consequences of vulnerability vary from being able to fingerprint your device when it's not supposed, to escalateling privileges to root or even kernel mode. Although the later are significantly rarer.
and had zero security issues in a dozen years
That you know of... If the vulnerability is successfully exploited, the likelihood of you noticing are close to zero.
You could always flash a custom ROM to install the latest security patches, but you would still be missing the security updates for all the closed source components (such as the bootloader, device drivers, etc...). Not to mention all the security implications (good or bad) that comes with installing custom ROMs.
What kind of "control" do you mean? Your posts/comments get replicated across all the other instances. You can't really "guarantee" a delete, since the other instances might just ignore your request for delete.
Considering how big and relevant YouTube is, I don't see it getting replaced by PeerTubr. The alternative at the moment are apps like ViewTube which is a custom front-end for YouTube that removes all the ads and tracking
My only requirements were:
That meant there were only two phones I could buy, the galaxy S23 and the iPhone 14 Pro. I ended up buying the S23 because it was half the price, and I was "afraid" I wouldn't like iOS.
So far the S23 has been a great update compared to the pixel 5, with the exception of the cameras which were a clear downgrade imo.
It's probably something to do with the tablet interface. It works fine on my S23, but immediately crashes on my Xiaomi pad 4
Not for me and my friend on our own instance, 0.17.4 used to return me to where the feed previously was. In 0.18.0 when I get back from the post, it causes a full refresh of the home page/feed
In Europe I would say debit cards are way more common than credit cards. It's very rare to see someone paying with a credit card.