I know the generall guidance for private phones was Pixel with graphene OS. I was financially planing on buying a 10th gen pixel when they come out later this year to only put gos on it. However with the recent news, I am wondering if this is still the recommended best practice from this community.
I am worried that if the gos team needs to spend tonnes of ressources on maintaining basic drivers and stuff then they won’t have any time to work on the privacy and security features they are best known for.
What is your oppinion?
Also does anyone have a way to dpam feedback to google? I couldn’t finf a generall feedback form, but if they know that people aren’t buying their hardware because of this decision, they might back down. (I really fell in love with gos researching it lately so I would hate to have to switch to something like /e/ os or calyx or something)
Wondering the same. I’ve been hoping to hold off on a new Pixel until the new EU battery laws take effect (also, where the hell is concept art for a new generation of user-serviceable batteries?).
You know those factories that pump out iPhone clones? Honestly, I’d love to get whoever runs one of those hooked on GrapheneOS. It’s damn impressive how they can set up the tooling, clone the iOS UI, and sell it all for cheap within a couple of months. And without the kickback Google gives for pre-installing Google Play or whatever. Imagine that effort being put towards a phone just for GrapheneOS.
Admittedly, someone who makes iPhone clones is probably not someone who thinks about security much, but my point is, I really wish someone stepped up to produce phones with first-class support for GrapheneOS.
More realistically, I’m banking on the passion of the folks at GrapheneOS. Should Google pull the plug one day, I’m hopeful the GOS team can recommend a plan of action until a more GOS-friendly device shows up. Worst case scenario, I’ll keep my Pixel with GOS kicking around and have a separate device with regular Android. It’ll be just for the apps that demand spying, shut off at night, and I’ll minimize travelling with it.