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Why would China allow the domestic sale of a device that could run GrapheneOS?

• palata 28d ago
  Why not?
  • mitxela 28d ago
    Because it's a totalitarian state that does not tolerate dissent? It's the same reason North Korea requires all devices to be bootloader locked to RedStarOS, but weaker.
    • palata 28d ago
      So you're saying that running AOSP is fine, but running GrapheneOS is not? Huawei used to run Android, I don't think it was blocked...
      • mitxela 28d ago
        I don't think they allow AOSP (which is not Android) either.
        • palata 27d ago
          Well whatever you call it, when you run something that looks like Android, it has AOSP inside.
          • mitxela 27d ago
            Just like the ATM has Windows 3.1 inside.
• ysnp 28d ago
  Historically, some very large Android OEMs based in China and selling in China also provided bootloader unlocking support in their devices including Xiaomi https://github.com/zenfyrdev/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame/blob/main/brands/xiaomi/README.md https://github.com/zenfyrdev/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame... and Oppo https://github.com/zenfyrdev/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame/blob/main/brands/oneplus/README.md https://github.com/zenfyrdev/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame... It doesn't have anything directly to do with GrapheneOS, and would have enabled custom OS support of any Android distribution.
  • mitxela 28d ago
    Xiaomi claims to provide unlocking, but doesn't actually. I don't know about Oppo.