I read a lot of good reviews and videos about GOS: high security and privacy. There are also other complaints which i can only know through random social media comments: app compatibilities, weird workflow (profiles),

My problem is that in my country, Pixels are very expensive even the refurbished models: the old Pixel 6 is like $500, refurbished one is $300. At that price, I could just go for a low end Android phone.

Is there a way to experience GOS like on an emulator? I want to try it out before buying a brand new phone to install.

  • mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.worldOP
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    22 hours ago

    been living in Samsung’s garden for many many years lol. I hate the bloatwares that came with the phone, yes you can use adb to delete some apps but some still stay (core Samsung apps). The one feature that really gets me into GOS is separare user profiles. So I can compartmentalize my stuff + a dummy profile.

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      19 hours ago

      Big plus, GOS comes with zero bloatware and Google Services is completely optional.