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Thought on Graphene? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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 🙏. I've heard that there is some of the google code into the "sandbox" feature. Say your opinion below! 👇👇

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[–] rolling_resistance@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Could you elaborate on the ethical part, please?

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

Most likely talking about how the lead developer had a mental health crisis and lost his marbles. From what I've heard, he has stepped off to take care of that and the project is still going great.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -2 points 4 months ago

They encourage proprietary software and locked down systems. For instance, they use Google play services instead of microG and they promote the play store. I personally think that F-droid apps are much better from both an software freedom perspective and a privacy perspective. I'm not against people installing proprietary apps as I realize sometimes that is unavoidable but they could at least encourage the use of Foss. Graphene could simply have both F-droid and Aurora store by default and on setup explain the difference. They could even allow the install of Play services instead. However, they don't even really try. They focus on security which at the end of the day is subjective.