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I am really not sure what you are trying to say. GrapheneOS is AOSP + stuff. LineageOS is AOSP + stuff. Certified Google Android is AOSP + stuff. What comes fr

• realusername 28d ago
  It doesn't because AOSP itself is unusable on a modern phone. It's just a low level technical building block nowadays and everybody is chosing the parts they want. Comparing your OS to AOSP itself made sense in 2016, it doesn't anymore in 2026. It make sense to compare the OS between each other, what you can actually install and use on the phone.
  • palata 27d ago
    Do we agree that the Android security model is baked into AOSP? Or would you say that the Play Services bring the security model to Google-certified Android, GrapheneOS implements its own security model from scratch, and LineageOS as well? Assuming they share a big part of the security model, how would it "not make sense" to compare them? If AOSP is the baseline, saying that /e/OS is often weakening the security model and GrapheneOS is hardening it is a way to compare them. That makes complete sense to me.
    • realusername 27d ago
      > Or would you say that the Play Services bring the security model to Google-certified Android, GrapheneOS implements its own security model from scratch, and LineageOS as well? Yes I would say that most of the security decisions are not baked into AOSP and every rom brings their own decisions.
      • microtonal 26d ago
        That's really a weird position, since the SELinux-based app sandbox is in AOSP.