alt Hacker NewsIt still boggles my mind that the most popular privacy OS requires Google manufactured hardware, that fact alone makes me not trust it at all.
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Phone hardware is a hellscape it doesn’t surprise me at all that they need to keep the number of supported devices small in order to deliver a decent product.
GrapheneOS is not going to compromise on hardware security for the sake of spiting one specific company. GrapheneOS supports all viable platforms, and right now that is the pixel lineup. Additional device support requires OEMs step up their game, and so far, only Motorola is up to the task, and we should get Motorola devices with official GrapheneOS support next year.
There is nothing crazy about doing something properly.
Despite Google's other failings, it was the OG supporter of data portability, and that spirit extends to its phones. No other phone manufacturer with wide distribution comes close. It's unfortunate that the people who design the hardware do such a poor job with the resources at their disposal.
It's ridiculous is what it is. It makes me deeply distrustful of the organisation behind Graphene that they would make such a crazy choice.
They list their exact criteria for supporting a device. So far, only Pixels fit all of them (and I guess the Motorolas will soon)
https://grapheneos.org/faq#future-devices