What is going on with GrapheneOS?

It certainly is a balance between keeping phones for longer and keeping them secure enough. On the bright side, google is promising 7 years of updates for the pixel 8. We’ll see if they can deliver on it, or perhaps this is a sign that they are about to kill the pixel line. Say what you want about Apple, but their updates usually last as long as the phones are generally still usable, so there is less of a conflict to replace an iphone based on security updates.

I don’t think that I am too paranoid about security, but I do want to be better than average to reduce the chances of getting hacked/phished/infected/voodoo cursed. It’s kinda like bears in the woods. You don’t have to outrun the bear, you just have to outrun your buddy. Sure it might be inconvenient with long passwords and 2fa, but for me, the effort is worth it. Also, I’m not 100% confident in my backups, so I am investing my tech points in phone security.

This CVE was noteworthy and affected some of the pixel phones.

Another disucssion point to make is that GrapheneOS is super limited because of its hardware support. I understand their technical limitations, to an extent. But limiting users of their OS to one manufacturer is stupid asf. The quality and value of Pixel phones have been declining in recent years. I loved my Pixel 3a. I mostly hate my 6 - kinda like how I felt about my old iPhone 8 Plus. It was the last iPhone I ever owned.

The thing is, with DivestOS, I get all the software features I want, and it supports more hardware because of its LineageOS roots. I am really rooting for a Fairphone 6 release in the US market, because if it happens; that’s the phone I want.

And I would like smart phones/tablets that will be as user-friendly as an x86 computer, where I decide which OS and there is no need to modify anything excessively…

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I’m more focused on the privacy part. The security doesn’t matter to a degree when you are a technically proficient user and able to disperse data so not everything is lost or leaked.

this looks like a scam site. This is probably not the place to promote piracy.

No sane graphene user is downloading cracked / modded apks.


Actual app repo’s I’d recommend for Graphene are

  • F-Droid
  • Obtainium
  • Aurora Store
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I’ve been on Graphene for a while-ish now.

I get my apps on Aurora and F-Droid.

I havent revisited Obtainium because getting the correct app (not a fork and the correct architecture) can be a pain and I dont want to dig through a long list after updates Maybe when it matures enough…

Accrescent is certainly interesting but there are too few apps in it (by design). Eagerly awaiting to see that as well.

Also there is the official built-in App Store from Graphene. I just got a thermometer app there for fun.

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ohh wow, i thought they had shelved trying to make that work but i must admit my last check of the graphene app store was quite some time ago.

Thank you Eel! i have now taken my Latte’s temperature :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

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