No they will support these device as long as Google does.

Monopolistic behavior…

Only non-carrier-locked Google Pixel phones. They have been talking about potential partnership with other OEM but it’s not easy with Google ToS for Android OEM manufacturer to support other OS officially. Also they have paranoid-level security model and beside a few company like Google, Apple and maybe Samsung few devices would meet their requierments… And you know, Samsung introduced Knox to prevent their users to flash other firmware or mod their hardware and the other one, Apple, is the company that killed the FOSS Cydia Store…

I avoid running Google software on my devices so I don’t have the Gemini App

Yep you can’t flash carrier locked Pixels, I hope you don’t have much longer to wait or that the time will fly fast

hacking windows has just becoming getting rid of nuisances instead of customizing my computing experience

I can totally relate to this! Perfectly sentenced.

GrapheneOS will continue supporting the current devices we support until their end-of-life dates. We’ll also add support for new Pixels as long as they meet our requirements. We’ve tried to make that clear, but recent posts about changes to AOSP have been widely misrepresented. Prior to Android 16, Pixels had first class support in the Android Open Source Project as the official reference devices. This was never one of our requirements and no other device provides it.

From my understanding yes but maybe not in this thread

Yes. Revolut prevented new users to login in a specific version of their app (the newer). Users that were already logged in could update the app without issue and users could use an older APK of Revolut to sign in. However the PlayIntegrity process that was banning their GrapheneOS users have been resolved and now the harden OS is whitelisted from Revolut.

At least that’s what I have followed/understood from the whole thing but I am not a Revolut user.

These projects suffer from the same issues with how Google share new Android versions. This is not a solution. Also if you have a Pixel I would personnaly use a secure locked bootloader OS rather than an unsecure unlocked bootloader. I tend to privilege /e/OS on Fairphone and LineageOS on phone that have already dropped support.

Honestly I think that AlternativeOS will always be possible, the main issue is how compatible it will be with everyday apps that people rely on. We’ve started to see some compatibility issue with Play Integrity on GrapheneOS, with Revolut (has been fixed) and Alternate AppStore such as AuroraStore having some apps refusing to launch if not installed from PlayStore itself.

On the Linux side of thing you could see how your plugins performs on a VM and or see how Ardour plays with your hardware.

https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/114721666000552094

Well GrapheneOS is a a robust mobile OS built for security. It brings amazing privacy out-of-the-box and control features. You really own your phone! Not Google, not Big Techs and Government, YOU.

That is a misleading claim right here, don’t blindly trust everything you read online. The core team of the project explained it very well why it’s not as dramatic as people made it seems too. It’s not an ideal position and Google is definitely going in a direction that doesn’t not benefit AOSP but no Android16 is comming to GrapheneOS and future version also should.

Well the chip is still capable of using some “AI cores” and you can install AI app on it but by default it’s gone. I would assume that there is some algorithme in Android that have been setup using Machine Learning and that you could market as AI since everything that is automated or made by computer gets the label AI as it’s the new buzzword of Silicon Valley and technology but I wouldn’t call them AI myself.

Rayman’s saga Especially Rayman 3 and Rayman 2, I am so excited for the upcomming fan-remake Rayman 2: Redreamed

You should not be worried according to GrapheneOS’s team.

Just install GrapheneOS on your device and AI is pretty much gone

I have made this apps recommandation list that has a launcher section with what I consider being the bests

People care more about CEO’s opinion on politics and hate Web3 crypto more than they understand technical browser stuff.

Brave is far from perfect and the company had their contreveries but honestly if you disable all the cryptocrap and tweak it a tiny bit so it does not show you ads and feature you don’t use it is the best chromium browser in regards to security and privacy.

Ungoogled chromium by default can’t even compare, it’s not crap but brave does so much more than it’s better for the vast majority of users.

Why?

If you are refering to the recent news about Google moving away from public release in favor of licensed OEM manufacturer this has been over misinterpreted and debunk by GrapheneOS team.

GrapheneOS said that the whole OEM stuff only makes them slower at releasing major update for now (A16) and that they are in discussion with some OEM manufacturers to get a license on their behalf and supporting their hardware.