Apple and Google will gladly erase the works of developers to chase profits.

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    16 hours ago

    I really want to understand this, but I don’t find constructive information anywhere. Everything I read either doesn’t really explain anything at all and is based on assumptions/opinions, or expect me to be a mobile os engineer.

    Let’s say I have a phone with lineageos, without google play services and without gapps, with most apps installed via f-droid and only a couple from aurora store. What power does google have over me, that wouldn’t also have if I used a pixel with grapheneos?

    In terms of security, If any threat involving physical access to the phone is statistically irrelevant for me, how is my phone less secure than stock android? And how would grapheneos improve my life?

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      15 hours ago

      To your last, it wouldn’t. Graphene is smartly designed but everyone thinks you need all that security. Most people don’t and wouldn’t notice a damn bit of difference.

      Lineage is offered on far more devices and if your main goal is just degoogling you get a lot more options without giving money to Google.