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by mbananasynergy 1y ago
Hi there, I'm the community manager for the GrapheneOS project. To you, and perhaps others seeing your comment, I would just like to ask that if people are going to watch the video, they should watch it in context, and also read the ma
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by mbananasynergy 1y ago
I'm the community manager for GrapheneOS. That isn't what happened, and it is very weird to not only see that on Mastodon, but also that you're going around saying it in other places, too. People involved with the project you
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by mbananasynergy 2y ago
Google Wallet is usable on GrapheneOS, but Google artificially restricts contactless payment functionality to Google-certified OSes. It's not a real security check that they're doing, but rather just checking for certification, wh
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by mbananasynergy 2y ago
Note that Android Auto has been supported in GrapheneOS for a while: https://grapheneos.org/usage#android-auto
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by mbananasynergy 2y ago
Android Auto is supported on GrapheneOS: https://grapheneos.org/usage#android-auto VoLTE and VoWiFi are supported if your carrier supports it. Google Maps and Uber work fine, provided you install sandboxed Google Play.
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by mbananasynergy 3y ago
Hey there. GrapheneOS community moderator here. In case you haven't taken a look, I would recommend reading through https://grapheneos.org/features to get a better sense of what GrapheneOS provides beyond what you ment
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by mbananasynergy 3y ago
Hi there. GrapheneOS community moderator here. GrapheneOS is a security and privacy project, and puts significant effort into advancing both. Security is a prerequisite for privacy, and getting that right is extremely important, but all o
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by mbananasynergy 3y ago
(GrapheneOS community mod here) GrapheneOS still has and will continue having Matrix as an option, at least for the time being. IRC and Telegram have also been options for a very long time, but Matrix was prioritized and considered the main
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by mbananasynergy 4y ago
What didn't work? Any specific apps? Because that's definitely not the experience of people using GrapheneOS. Either way, you don't have to use Sandboxed Google Play or Play Store on GrapheneOS. You can install whatever thi
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by mbananasynergy 4y ago
That is correct! I believe that these toggles were added in Android 12. GrapheneOS takes great care to only list features that they add on top of AOSP, instead of marketing AOSP features as their own. You can check their features page here:
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by mbananasynergy 4y ago
>The default camera app is subpar compared to the stock camera app of Pixel phones. I use OpenCamera, but it's also not great (though that opinion might stem from me not knowing how to use it properly). I've personally found th
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by mbananasynergy 4y ago
What I love about GrapheneOS is that it gives people a choice. It starts out slim, without any Google services. You have the choice to use them if you need them, and you can use them in the same way and with the same sandbox as you would an