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Hello, making this post to get some honest, and technical opinions about GrapheneOS. Please do not be bother by this question. No drama here pls ๐Ÿ™. I've heard that there is some of the google code into the "sandbox" feature. Say your opinion below! ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why you wouldn't use it on main device?

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Convenience, proprietary software and because it's not completely degoogled. I use LineageOS on my device and I'm happy with it. I can use Qubes or a VPN if I want an anonymous search.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

LineageOS is more degoogled than others like eOS?

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Like the other reply said, Lineage doesn't do a whole lot in terms of degoogling. I quite enjoy DivestOS, it's a project that takes Lineage as a base and strips out as much Google and proprietary code as possible.
In fact, it's so Google-free that neither sandboxed Play Services nor MicroG are officially supported, though the latter can still be installed and used just fine, though with a few drawbacks.

Same as Lineage, it runs on more devices, but certain features like bootloader relocking depend on the phone.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Microg has drawbacks?

Edit: sorry that's a question. What are they?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Some stuff won't work such as android auto

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

LineageOS actually seems to be getting less degoogled recently. They're adding stuff for better Google apps support (that can be installed manually). But I believe it's as degoogled as reasonable custom ROMs get. Not much advanced privacy/anonymization features though and no stuff like Play Integrity support obviously. It's a ROM for these who don't need gapps at all. And if you do, just buy a second hand device with the stock ROM and put your banking apps there. Play Integrity doesn't work well on any custom ROMs now anyways.

EDIT: also EOS is EndeavourOS that is a Linux distro.