whoever they end up with, it’s gonna be a new model, which means perfectly usable tech from the last 7-8 years is excluded, and it also means it’s gonna be expensive. so good for them, I guess, but this news doesn’t concern me in the slightest.
my baseline is a 7 year old model with 8 GB RAM and SDM845 that I can get intermittently for $50. for that kinda money I get a LineageOS fully supported device that’s blazing fast, safe and secure against any reasonable threat; I have zero concerns a lost or stolen device will compromise me. as a bonus, it just so happens it’s one of the best supported devices for Mobian and postmarketOS. so, that’s the baseline.
GrapheneOS value proposition is gonna be spend 10x that (at least!) for a marginally secure-er solution. that’s a shite deal.
now if they partnered with LineageOS and other “let’s revive old shit left behind” that would be a different story. imagine if Linux was available only on latest gen CPUs, would all of us be into it? I know I wouldn’t be.
whoever they end up with, it’s gonna be a new model, which means perfectly usable tech from the last 7-8 years is excluded, and it also means it’s gonna be expensive. so good for them, I guess, but this news doesn’t concern me in the slightest.
In a year or two it will not be new anymore and if the same model will be available with stock android it doesn’t have to be very expensive.
my baseline is a 7 year old model with 8 GB RAM and SDM845 that I can get intermittently for $50. for that kinda money I get a LineageOS fully supported device that’s blazing fast, safe and secure against any reasonable threat; I have zero concerns a lost or stolen device will compromise me. as a bonus, it just so happens it’s one of the best supported devices for Mobian and postmarketOS. so, that’s the baseline.
GrapheneOS value proposition is gonna be spend 10x that (at least!) for a marginally secure-er solution. that’s a shite deal.
now if they partnered with LineageOS and other “let’s revive old shit left behind” that would be a different story. imagine if Linux was available only on latest gen CPUs, would all of us be into it? I know I wouldn’t be.