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I mostly use apps installed from F-Droid, so I’m not sure how I’ll use the phone, except that it’s sometimes required as a contact method.

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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 35 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Until it does. Google is already closing development, so the GrapheneOS devs will have a more difficult time rebasing their changes to AOSP each snapshot.

[–] ominouslemon@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, it's a moving target for sure. For now, the devs seem to be very certain that AOSP will stay and that they will still be able to port GOS on new devices (although it will take more time and work).

[–] other8026@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not exactly. GrapheneOS has an OEM partner and has early access to AOSP changes that aren't public. A huge downside to that is that security preview releases can't be open source until after Google makes the code public.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, that's not a huge downside. They still provide those security updates in their binary builds.

[–] other8026@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

Fair enough. I said "huge" because I guess some people care a lot. I personally don't and have been on security preview releases since they started releasing them.