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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@programming.dev
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[–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

whoever they end up with, it's gonna be a new model, which means perfectly usable tech from the last 7-8 years is excluded, and it also means it's gonna be expensive. so good for them, I guess, but this news doesn't concern me in the slightest.

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

    In a year or two it will not be new anymore and if the same model will be available with stock android it doesn't have to be very expensive.

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

    my baseline is a 7 year old model with 8 GB RAM and SDM845 that I can get intermittently for $50. for that kinda money I get a LineageOS fully supported device that's blazing fast, safe and secure against any reasonable threat; I have zero concerns a lost or stolen device will compromise me. as a bonus, it just so happens it's one of the best supported devices for Mobian and postmarketOS. so, that's the baseline.

    GrapheneOS value proposition is gonna be spend 10x that (at least!) for a marginally secure-er solution. that's a shite deal.

    now if they partnered with LineageOS and other "let's revive old shit left behind" that would be a different story. imagine if Linux was available only on latest gen CPUs, would all of us be into it? I know I wouldn't be.

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