I am surprised that Google spends so much time tackling custom ROMs via it’s Play Integrity API. If only they paid that much attention to say, curating the Play Store more, it had be much better for everyone
I am surprised that Google spends so much time tackling custom ROMs via it’s Play Integrity API. If only they paid that much attention to say, curating the Play Store more, it had be much better for everyone
I do, yes. First on a Pixel 5 and then (and currently) on a Pixel 8 Pro.
The purely emotional icky feeling of giving Google money is far less important than the tangible security, privacy, and usability upsides of GrapheneOS on a supported device. But if that’s important to you, just buy a Pixel secondhand, Google gets no money from that.
I wish more devices were supported too, but my understanding is that only Google makes devices that are both secure and open enough.
Article in German, but the relevant points from the GrapheneOS lead are all in english: https://www.kuketz-blog.de/weshalb-grapheneos-aktuell-nur-google-pixel-geraete-unterstuetzt/
One point about Samsung:
I did not know most of that. Very informative, thanks!
What does the crippling and security features refer to?
Seems like you can’t re-lock the bootloader after installing an alternative OS, for one
I know exactly as much as you do about it. Just quoting the lead dev.