GrapheneOS is so great pixel devices, I hope you all try it! The private & secure mobile operating system with Android app compatibility. Developed as a non-profit & is free and open source software

  • Permission toggles, pin scrambling, auto-reboot, scopes, MAC randomization, isolated user profiles, longer passwords, sandboxed apps, no bloat & increased battery life +more!
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  • Matt@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m also a big fan of GrapheneOS which I’ve been using for over a year with not many issues. It feels nice to have a system with no bloat and decoupled from Google. Between F-Droid and the Aurora Store, I still haven’t installed Google Play Services or any other dependencies as I’ve never needed them.

    There’s a couple of issues, but in the end they didn’t affect me too much:

    • Many push notifications simply will not work as they rely on Google services, such as Discord. “Better” programs such as K-9 Mail and Element will work fine, however.
    • If a program requires Google Play Services, such as the idle RPG “Melvor Idle”, it will simply not work. There aren’t that many of these though, so it’s not really something to worry about.

    You can install Google Play Services however and have them sandboxed to work with specific applications, but I decided to just not bother.

    If you’re curious, banking applications work fine on GrapheneOS, although perhaps it doesn’t work for all of them, but I have had no issues.