I have not tried it, but I'm not a fan of logging into a search engine or providing an email. Mullvad, by comparison, just gives you an account number.
What I want are basically containers for a browser. So I hit the button for the 'program' which really just launches a browser that goes to the specific address, and ideally, can retain login information, and appears as a distinct item in the task bar, with it's own icon, and cannot simply be merged with my browser.
Sounds like you want a Progressive Web App (PWA). Really handy things, and is actually how I use Lemmy via Voyager: https://vger.app/
The dev can't exactly help you with that. At a certain point, you have to remember some things. And you don't want to clutter every menu, else you'll have to scroll through which detracts from the UX.
It doesn't in Vanadium, which is Chromium based, for what it's worth.
Do you have any source to that? Manufacturer saying "replace the rubber seal which blocks water when you replace the battery, else you're operating the device incorrectly and thus caused avoidable damage, and warranty is now void," sounds ok and legal to me. It'd be similar to leaving your battery door literally open then you complain water got in.
For what it's worth, Vanadium (based on Chromium, so I'm assuming Chromium, Google Chrome, and most other Chromium variants will as well) shows the PWAs in the history, too.
Doesn't matter if it's overpriced. Theft is theft, no matter how you justify it. I'm honestly not judging...well, maybe a little on the "I don't want to do work for stealing it."
You want to essentially steal the photos and don't want to do work for it? If you don't want them, don't pay...but to take them and not pay? Yep, that's theft.
I don't miss Android Auto as I never used it on stock, but I get others do. I miss Google Wallet's tap-and-pay on the off chance I forget my wallet or not wanting to pull it out, but that's a convenience thing and it's not hard to pay with a physical card instead. That's really it for me, to be honest.
They could keep it alive past five years if they really wanted, but that goes against the goal of the project: namely security. But five years is already longer than most manufacturers do, so it's nothing to turn your nose up at.
"GrapheneOS aims to provide reasonably private and secure devices. It cannot do that once device support code like firmware, kernel and vendor code is no longer actively maintained. Even if the community was prepared to take over maintenance of the open source code and to replace the rest, firmware would present a major issue, and the community has never been active or interested enough in device support to consider attempting this. Unlike many other platforms, GrapheneOS has a much higher minimum standard than simply having devices fully functional, as they also need to provide the expected level of security."
According to this source, as of Jan 23, no. 10 is at 18.01%, which is beat by both 11 (23.15%) and 12 (25.29%). This is why you buy a phone with good support, and update your OS. They can't support everything forever. Progress happens, security changes, and they can't always backport the fixes, which also takes their talent away from evolving the OS.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/921152/mobile-android-version-share-worldwide/
Personally, I get Pixels and install GrapheneOS. They get 5 years of support.
Care to elaborate on why? I haven't being keeping up with all the AIs, and a 3 second search isn't returning anything nefarious.