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

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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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[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

One thing these other comments are missing is the huge design philosophy difference between iOS and grapheneOS.

On the iPhone, things are locked down to only what Apple wants you to do, but the UX is polished.

With grapheneOS, you have so much user agency to do things your own way, but this comes with having to make many decisions, a steeper learning curve, and the opportunity to get yourself into trouble. Most users here don't seem to mind that tradeoff, but for me, it made a big difference.

[–] comrademiao@piefed.social 4 points 7 hours ago

On the iPhone, things are locked down to only what Apple wants you to do, but the UX is polished.

I found this to be true until IOS 18. It's so bad now.

You make an interesting point. After I moved to iphone from android I realized I don't want to customize everything if everything works well. Linux made me learn I care about privacy and FOSS. Wish I could get both!