I don’t understand your point. You can operate GOS completely without any Google sourced application or services. This how I run my tablet.
My phone has Google Play sandboxed. It has no additional permissions.
I was confused about the app installation process. I though Android as a whole was prohibiting any installation of non Play Store apps (other than using adb), and since Graphene uses an external app store, they needed to come with a workaround.
If any such restrictions were in AOSP it would be easy to remove. But potentially AuroraStore can be affected if Google starts asking for login. I don’t use it, so I don’t care.
That was my point, GrapheneOS relies partially on installing non Google Play originating software.
I don’t understand your point. You can operate GOS completely without any Google sourced application or services. This how I run my tablet. My phone has Google Play sandboxed. It has no additional permissions.
I was confused about the app installation process. I though Android as a whole was prohibiting any installation of non Play Store apps (other than using adb), and since Graphene uses an external app store, they needed to come with a workaround.
If any such restrictions were in AOSP it would be easy to remove. But potentially AuroraStore can be affected if Google starts asking for login. I don’t use it, so I don’t care.