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Thoughts on GrapheneOS? Is it worth switching from an iPhone? (piefed.social)

submitted 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) by comrademiao@piefed.social to c/foss@beehaw.org

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I love my iPhone but care more about more about FOSS. All my computers and servers run Linux and I want my phone to as well. GrapheneOS sounds nice but I’m worried about switching from an iPhone. Before getting my first iPhone 7, androids would never last more than a year before they become slow and buggy (LG and Samsung flagships). I also worry about how trustworthy GrapheneOS is, I see them getting in random fights with users on Mastodon—that doesn’t exhibit a stable group to me.

TLDR really love FOSS, considering switching from iPhone but am unsure.

E1 found this on wiki lol

In a detailed review of GrapheneOS for Golem.de, Moritz Tremmel and Sebastian Grüner said they were able to use GrapheneOS similarly to other Android systems, while enjoying more freedom from Google, without noticing differences from "additional memory protection, but that's the way it should be." They concluded GrapheneOS cannot change how "Android devices become garbage after three years at the latest", but "it can better secure the devices during their remaining life while protecting privacy."

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[–] artyom@piefed.social 7 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Batt life is fine. Still at ~90% SoH.

I still look back at photos from my LG V20 w/ GCam fondly. I really don't think smartphone cameras have come very far in recent years.

The founder (Micay) is not well mentally. But the team still does an exemplary job of privacy and security.

[–] xep@discuss.online 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

I moved from GOS to LineageOS and found that battery life improved on my P8Pro. Apps also install quicker.

Part of the battery improvement could be because I'm able to disable parts of apps with root privileges via AppManager.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 3 hours ago

I'm sure a lot of it is a bunch of Google services that aren't running and pinging servers constantly.

[–] comrademiao@piefed.social 4 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Found this on Micay: https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/daniel-micay-publicly-steps-down-as-project-leader-of-grapheneos/12677

My interactions were last year so it seems like a positive step.

This too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36089104

It used to be Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD and to some extent Linus were benchmarks for "prickly" open source leaders, but I think Daniel gave them all quite a run for the money.

LOL

[–] artyom@piefed.social 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Well the claims of harassment continue since then. I'm pretty sure he still has his hands on their socials.

[–] comrademiao@piefed.social 2 points 15 hours ago

Checked their Mastodon today, it’s still problematic at best. It’s 99% picking fights.