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please god, my kingdom for a new phone that is <6in screen size
I just got a xaiomi 13 ultra and want this on it. The Chinese phones are awesome folks and the camara with laica is amazing.
GrapheneOS devs from what I've seen is still pretty lib in a way that would effect chances of a Chinese phone getting it.
That may or may not be true (I don't know his opinions), but he has some basic hardware requirements that almost no phones meet - including being able to re-lock the bootloader with custom keys, which AFAIK excludes all Xiaomi phones.
Their choice is purely technical
https://grapheneos.org/faq#future-devices
Xiaomi also has horrible anti consumer practices in regards to bootloader unlocking:
https://github.com/zenfyrdev/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame/blob/main/brands/xiaomi/README.md
Didn't one of them get drafted into the Ukraine war?
I have a Vivo XFold 3 Pro, and I just kept the OriginOS on it. I've had very few issues with it.
This is good especially because not only has Google abandoned their “Don’t Be Evil” motto long ago (if it ever really applied), but they are now very actively evil. They have been one of the most important supporters of genocide, proactively engaging the IOF to use their AI services in murdering Palestinians. While there’s no ethical consumption etc etc, my security wasn’t so important that I could justify giving Google money for their crap phones just because GOS used it.
I think AOSP is something like a month behind their planned release date, screwing up Graphene's ability to support Pixel 10s. Plus with Google trying to kill sideloading, having a full alternative fork with OEM support would be great.
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