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The main reason for me to use GrapheneOS would be to sever the umbilical cord to google. I don't really see the point of using GrapheneOS instead of Stock Andr
by maybewhenthesun 1mo ago
The main reason for me to use GrapheneOS would be to sever the umbilical cord to google.
I don't really see the point of using GrapheneOS instead of Stock Android if I then have to use the play store.
- palata 1mo agoBetter security, for once. You get (security) updates a lot faster with GrapheneOS. Also on GrapheneOS, Play Services and Play Store come unprivileged, sandboxed like any other app. So Google is not an admin on your phone, which I would argue is one step towards "severing the umbilical cord". Moreover, GrapheneOS doesn't have any issue with apps sideloading. And more. There are many reasons to use GrapheneOS.
- maybewhenthesun 29d agook, fair enough.
- grapheneos 1mo agoUsing the Play Store on GrapheneOS whether via sandboxed Google Play or another frontend definitely doesn't defeat any the purpose of it. You do not have to use the Play Store on GrapheneOS, but the privacy and security features it provides are not cancelled out by using it. GrapheneOS has privacy features such as Contact Scopes and Storage Scopes which are most useful when using privacy invasive apps. Using privacy invasive apps doesn't defeat the point but protecting against those is a core part of the purpose of GrapheneOS. Our Sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer is a privacy feature itself to enable people to use those as regular sandboxed apps without invasive access to be able to run apps depending on them.