And?

The world doesn’t revolve around Graphene OS

Graphene OS chooses to not support other devices

Calyx OS probably is a better option since it works with devices like the Moto G52.

Or you could do what I do and use plain old Lineage OS.

Wait, is this YouTube?

Newpipe is slowly becoming better

Before long I’ll be getting threats…

I really hope the courts put a stop to it at some point. There are a few active cases at the moment and US courts historically have backed the GPL.

What are you going to do about it? Its not like there are a lot of options unfortunately.

Beginning of the end?

They killed off AOSP apps and replaced then with proprietary ones. Almost the latest Android features are proprietary and Google tied.

Android is GPL so I don’t see how that would really work

Although they could pull a Red Hat

Isn’t Graphene Lineage OS based?

Donate to Lineage OS I guess

Seriously though I think it would be nice to see more manufacturers take projects like Lineage OS seriously. Lineage OS has the organization and base to create a better ecosystem.

Maybe time for the OTF to diversify its funding. Hard to do but probably worth it.

F-droid or bust

Your phone would also be much bigger and more expensive. That’s not to say that swappable batteries shouldn’t exist but keep in mind there as always trade offs.

Because it sucks?

AOSP is

Lineage OS is

Google Android is mostly proprietary. The reason is they need to gather all the data they can for marketing.

Any messager that isn’t private like WhatsApp.

Also the cryptography is dubious at best since you are focusing on compatibility over privacy or even security.

If you want something decentralized look into Simplex Chat.

Looks pretty good

That would overall be bad for privacy since you will have major weak links. Better to just move everybody to Signal.

Use Signal