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GrapheneOS is finally ready to break free from Pixels, and it may never look back (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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[–] 40 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Google has made it harder (it may kill AOSP in the long run but not yet) by delaying public release of source trees later than before. To counter that, they partnered with OEM, who in turn are partnered with Google, who are likely to get sources faster.

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    I still don't how they (and F-Droid) plan to bypass the whole de al with Google killing non-PlayStore aproved© apps, tho. GrapheneOS relies on that as well.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago

    You can install apps freely with ADB so it will work that way or simply by removing google services, from what i understood(but i may be wrong) it's done by using google services so you need to uninstall them

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    It doesn't. There are several alternative installation sources available. On this Pixel tablet there is no Google Play originating software at all.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    That was my point, GrapheneOS relies partially on installing non Google Play originating software.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I don't understand your point. You can operate GOS completely without any Google sourced application or services. This how I run my tablet. My phone has Google Play sandboxed. It has no additional permissions.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I was confused about the app installation process. I though Android as a whole was prohibiting any installation of non Play Store apps (other than using adb), and since Graphene uses an external app store, they needed to come with a workaround.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    If any such restrictions were in AOSP it would be easy to remove. But potentially AuroraStore can be affected if Google starts asking for login. I don't use it, so I don't care.

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