Its a step in the right direction. Better to have an expensive option than none at all, and it will get cheaper as demand grows. Because right now what are the options? A google pixel, made by a company that is actively trying to kill the while project. Graphene needs certain hardware features for security, and that’s essentially what your paying for with phones capable of running it.
Right, and also every other Android manufacturer is expecting data harvesting telemetry throughout the lifetime of the device to make up some additional revenue.
Google and Motorola are going to be getting none of that with Graphene OS. Users will have to do that themselves (install their apps), if they want.
Its a step in the right direction. Better to have an expensive option than none at all, and it will get cheaper as demand grows. Because right now what are the options? A google pixel, made by a company that is actively trying to kill the while project. Graphene needs certain hardware features for security, and that’s essentially what your paying for with phones capable of running it.
Right, and also every other Android manufacturer is expecting
data harvestingtelemetry throughout the lifetime of the device to make up some additional revenue.Google and Motorola are going to be getting none of that with Graphene OS. Users will have to do that themselves (install their apps), if they want.