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1. ahmd-sh · 1789760365 · focus · HN ↗

   i despise where Google is going with this. it's a duopoly in the smartphone OS space and we need (for lack of a better analogy, spare the technicals) open-source distros like we have with Linux on desktop.

   Graphene is reaching that status for me every day and i'm looking forward to switching to it as my daily driver.

   1. pojntfx · 1789760661 · focus · HN ↗

      GrapheneOS is pretty neat, <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;postmarketos.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;postmarketos.org&#x2F; is also pretty damn polished out of the box these days. I&#x27;d argue the &quot;mobile desktop Linux systems&quot; are actually a bit more polished than Graphene, esp. when it comes to default apps (no AOSP abandonware dialer, contacts etc. apps to fight with, it&#x27;s all just maintained, responsive GNOME&#x2F;KDE apps)

      1. fungi · 1789782174 · focus · HN ↗

         2nd vote for postmarket. have put it on an old tablet i pulled out of ewaste and it is excellent.

         there is clearly no future for android for anyone wanting an open and spyware free platform. its time to invest out efforts elsewhere.

         1. grapheneos · 1789841912 · focus · HN ↗

            GrapheneOS provides drastically better usability, robustness, overall functional and app compatibility. Privacy and security are also drastically better in AOSP and especially GrapheneOS than that desktop Linux software stack ported to mobile.

            All of the default apps in GrapheneOS are being rapidly overhauled or replaced. It wasn&#x27;t a priority due to the incredibly good open source app ecosystem with many existing alternatives available. There isn&#x27;t a similarly large and high quality open source mobile app ecosystem available for what&#x27;s being promoted.

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