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Let's be honest.... GrapheneOS sucks the big one (lemmy.zip)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by WaffleWarrior@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I'm sorry but it's true. Graphene OS sucks the big one.... It's absolutely janky when it comes to its Android app support, it's UI is absolutely atrocious, and all around. It's simply a wonky operating system.

Not only that but the whole premise of of making an operating system built only for Google pixel hardware on top of Android Open source project is just silly when it comes to the idea of "privacy". That would be like trying to open up a gay nightclub in Qatar. Google could snap its fingers tomorrow and lock down the ability to unlock bootloaders.

What do you think? Am I wrong here guys?

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[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 18 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Google could snap its fingers tomorrow and lock down the ability to unlock bootloaders.

This could prevent my next phone from being a Pixel.

But to be clear, there's nothing Google can do to my already unlocked phone running free (as in freedom) software.

I am already outside their walled garden, running a phone that will comfortably outlast all of the vendor locked ones receiving enshittification updates.

Now, I agree that the long term future of GrapheneOS, if it has one, probably isn't Google hardware. I find that Google doesn't present themselves, on the whole, as a trustworthy ally to free computing.

But for today, it kicks ass.

[–] other8026@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago

This could prevent my next phone from being a Pixel.

But it doesn't make sense for them to do that. They can't just sell devices promoting them as "unlocked" then brick people's phones or locking them out so they can't access their data down the road.

Now, I agree that the long term future of GrapheneOS, if it has one, probably isn’t Google hardware.

Maybe, maybe not. 10th generation Pixels can be supported, so it'll be a while still. But GrapheneOS is in talks with an OEM and it's looking likely that they'll have official support for GrapheneOS for their devices soon enough.