GrapheneOS says Google's September update contains APIs and other changes that aren't being made available to the wider Android ecosystem.
  • im_fine_sandy@nord.pubEnglish
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    2 days ago

    they have long ignored the Google dependency

    What a silly thing to say.

    I’m absolutely certain that no contributors, and extraordinarily few users, are ignoring the risks implied by the google dependency.

    A pixel with Graphene is the best option for a daily driver for as long as it’s viable. I expect that’s everyone’s understanding of the project.

    I don’t really see how this project can “pivot to a non-android platform”, as I imagine none of their codebase can be transferred.

    Sooner or later the project will become non-viable and we will all switch to whatever the best option is at that time.

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Sooner or later the project will become non-viable and we will all switch to whatever the best option is at that time.

      Or everybody who isn’t Google will have to collaborate on a hard fork of AOSP.

      Or some governments will have to finally break out of their oligarchic regulatory capture and step in with antitrust law.