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GrapheneOS team have published that they're working with a smartphone manufacturer that is working on releasing a phone that matches their security requirements
by tiagod 1y ago
GrapheneOS team have published that they're working with a smartphone manufacturer that is working on releasing a phone that matches their security requirements.
- wkat4242 1y agoBut even then, Google will keep hampering AOSP efforts too in the long run. They're also introducing a new requirement that sideloaded apps must be validated by them.
- akimbostrawman 1y agoWhich is irrelevant because GOS does not by default implement Google playstore and play services that have that limitation. If Google implements the same play services sideloading limitation in AOSP which is unlikely, it can be removed like anything else because it's open source.
- playforclaude 1y agoYou missed the primary issue OP mentioned, which is that ASOP is becoming a smaller and smaller part of the entire OS, and there's an ever-increasing amount of work needed to make it work on a real phone.
- wkat4242 1y agoYes and also more and more apps are blocking custom ROMs. Even the McDonald's app is doing it now (I know, you're not missing much there but still...). It refuses to launch if it was installed by any method other than the official play store.