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tomCombyesterday at 7:42 PM2 repliesview on HN

The pixels all ship with unlocked bootloaders.


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microtonalyesterday at 8:04 PM

Just nitpicking: unlockable bootloaders. The bootloader is locked by default. But you can unlock it without needing Google.

Additionally, Pixels support a Linux VM and has a desktop mode (I'm running GrapheneOS, it may still be that these features have to be enabled through the developer settings).

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droidjjyesterday at 7:51 PM

I recently turned my unused Google Pixel 8 into a server for my personal site and various side projects. It's super satisfying to spin things up in a couple hours, point a cloudflare tunnel at it, and share it with the world.

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