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BUT IF THEY KEEP JINXING IT???
Break free, implying they won’t support Pixels anymore (is how I interpreted it at first anyway), but they are simply expanding support for more devices. 👍
For existing Pixel users, GrapheneOS plans to maintain support for current devices until their end-of-life dates. The team is working on adding Pixel 10 support, though the timeline remains unclear. Whether they’ll support Pixel 11 and beyond hasn’t been decided yet.
Thanks for the relevant quote 👍
The article suggests that they have not decided whether to support new models of Pixel but will support current models until EOL
So so far only news of expansion. 👍
I never understood why a privacy and security focused project would use Google hardware.
Because only Google provided everything needed to actually fully support the hardware it runs on. Besides, hardware is just the skeleton, as long as you exchange the brains inside, you are fine. Like a bomb shell but empty inside.
i hope grapheneos keeps supporting pixels, if possible. i liked pixels way before I discovered grapheneos due to the cameras that I still think are on top in the android world, and when I became privacy conscious it was a perfect add on to an already nice phone imo.
Good camera was just a byproduct if better post processing on Google. It was true maybe 5-6 years ago that pixels had too of the line camera. But these days, even Motorola can manage a comparable camera to pixel.
Cool! Gonna wait for a Graphene Phone now!
I hope its blackberry, id love to see them re-enter the market, and i’d love an excuse to buy one.
A new modern and secure BlackBerry with a physical keyboard would be absolutely incredible
that would be wonderful
I just want a smartphone with a physical keyboard again. That would be awesome!
Could Fairphone count as a “Major” Android OEM ?
They do use snapdragon chips, are priced roughly the same as the pixels, and might align the most with a project like Graphene and its values ?
One can dream…
It would be my dream as well, I won’t buy it unless it’s respirable anyway
I advise against inhaling your phone
What about some old iPad Air from 2013?
I mean it’s got air in the name so it’s gotta be all right
Great, it went well! I’m still in doubt about some OnePlus devices. Do you think those with OxygenOS are safe? Quick, please, I can’t hold my breath much longer!
Idk friend, for something like that I’d ask an expert. Like ChatGPT.
It’d be funny to me if Pixel sales tanked a significant amount and it turns out that people only used their phones for Graphene.
Me personally, I don’t like Pixel phones. But I’ve owned every single one of them through 9 Pro.
I look forward to a Graphene future.
Typing on a pixel at the moment. I never get tired of the irony that privacy enthusiats uses google made phones of all devices out there
I never would have bought a Pixel if it weren’t for GrapheneOS. It was literally the only selling point for me.
Niiiiice
Finally escaping from Tensor jail. Hopefully the new phone has a decent design.
I pray that my Pixel 9 is my last Pixel.
That may be a monkey’s paw wish.
He’ll use that phone for the next 20 years as it’s the last one on the planet with an unlocked bootloader
I hope they also enhance their social media strategy, as their unprofessional and aggressive way of communication makes me question their trustworthiness more than I want, as I think the project is awesome.
For me, it would be the opposite. Their “unprofessional” and aggressive way of communications makes me think they are doing it for convictions rather then personal benefits. The person that’s helping you doesn’t need to be overly polite. The person trying to get something out of you does.
I got heavily attacked for basically nothing like a year ago, which made me feel really bad and I still think about it frequently. Whoever treats people like this does not gain a lot of trust from me. Also such impulsiveness should not be involved in such a project. No one needs to be overly polite but also not that hostile against people and like 90% of other projects out there.
I’m out of the loop. Any examples of this?
They shit on other projects all the time (frequently unprovoked, sometimes without the original conversation having anything to do about security). They also often reply with multiple posts with multiple paragraphs each when shitting on other projects. It shouldn’t take very long to find an example if you trawl through their replies on Twitter, Bluesky, or Mastodon.
They have good points, but they’re often either not relevant to the conversation or worded in such a way that it sounds like every project other than GrapheneOS is dogshit.
They also sometimes go on (IMO) paranoid rants about XYZ project systematically trying to destroy them or whatever.
I got the same vibes when they describe in detail how supposedly terrible Firefox on Android is for security. I actually didn’t believe them just based on the tone.
I mean, I think they’re right that the security is worse. I’m pretty sure it’s worse on desktop too, just not nearly as bad. Last I checked, Firefox on Android still doesn’t do per-site process isolation by default, for example.
I’m pretty sure it’s worse on desktop too
worse than what? What browser is better?
Blink-based ones (Chrome/Chromium, Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, etc.)
Yes that is what they said. But the way they said it made me doubt that it matters quite so much.
Reminds me of our good friends on Lemmygrad.
it’s called effortposting
wasn’t that in the pqst? wasn’t that just the guy who started it or sonethinf? isn’t that person off the team now?
If you’re talking about Daniel Micay, he’s still heavily involved. I’m pretty sure he still maintains the accounts since they haven’t really changed writing style or anything. IIUC though he’s no longer the main dev.
That’s what I’ve been thinking as well, remember having a conversation with him in a forum a few years ago and recently looked up something that had a comment from the official GrapheneOS account. The writing style was exactly the same. Kinda disappointing IMO, the dude is clearly a brilliant coder but he should be kept away from the official accounts as far as possible.
yes i meant daniel micay. ah okay didn’t know he was heavily involved. by “the accounts” i assume you are referring to social media accounts?
If you want a direct example you can check their replies on Mastodon to about every topic.
Seriously. I love GOS and can’t imagine using a phone without it at this point, but their social media is a shitshow and a half.
Yep. They need an actual comms professional. I love GOS and am forever grateful to the team but having a bunch of non-nuero-typical devs speaking for them is not doing them any favours.
I’m hyped! Get the OS on a foldable on-par with the Z Fold 7 (in terms of thinness, camera quality, battery life, and UI featureset), and I’m sold. I am so done with Google and Samsung’s bullshit. If I wanted an iPhone, I would have bought an iPhone. I’m tired of them copying Apple and somehow managing to be even worse at it. I don’t want to be forced to use use either of their shitty app stores.
FWIW, I’m aware that I’m going to be waiting for awhile.
I wish fairphone could be the thing, but unfortunately - doesn’t seem to be the case https://piunikaweb.com/2025/10/13/grapheneos-ending-pixel-exclusivity-new-oem/
Doesn’t seem “it’s finally ready” when they didn’t name the name.
Amateur marketing speak for “we’re considering bringing it to other hardware”?
Yep, definitely more in line with that reality. 😄
It’s not marketing speak because GrapheneOS didn’t say it. It’s a bad headline from a site known for bad reporting. GrapheneOS has been talking about this for months and there’s nothing new in this article that wasn’t already out there.
No need to defend it. It was obviously a comment on the headline; I didn’t care who wrote it - the criticism was directed at whomever vomited it up. Tech publications are as much uncritical PR agencies for tech companies as the latter’s marketroids are.
I was trying to clarify, not defend. It is absolute garbage and this article as a whole is a pile of nothing, written in a weird breathless style like they just discovered something. Thumbs down to this shit all around.
