Noxy @ noxy @yiffit.net

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I know exactly as much as you do about it. Just quoting the lead dev.

I'm too afraid of Helvetica

ask again in a week and then again in three months

so is amazon

bhphotovideo has been very good to me

It's unfortunately really not that simple. But for a short answer, I use Aurora Store for anything I can't get from F-Droid., and even tho I have the Google Play Store installed (as some apps require it for stuff like notifications or location) I'm not ever signed into it and I don't use it to install or update apps

Which payments don't work?

I do, yes. First on a Pixel 5 and then (and currently) on a Pixel 8 Pro.

The purely emotional icky feeling of giving Google money is far less important than the tangible security, privacy, and usability upsides of GrapheneOS on a supported device. But if that's important to you, just buy a Pixel secondhand, Google gets no money from that.

I wish more devices were supported too, but my understanding is that only Google makes devices that are both secure and open enough.

Article in German, but the relevant points from the GrapheneOS lead are all in english: https://www.kuketz-blog.de/weshalb-grapheneos-aktuell-nur-google-pixel-geraete-unterstuetzt/

One point about Samsung:

Samsung takes security almost as seriously as Google, but they deliberately cripple their devices when you unlock them to install another OS and don’t allow an alternate OS to use important security features

Two credit union apps work fine, venmo and paypal work fine. YMMV with other financial institutions but it's not been a problem for me so far.

To answer your last question, there's way too many differences for a lemmy comment, so I suggest reading their features page for a broad overview: https://grapheneos.org/features

One feature that's closest yo your question, though:

Google Play receives absolutely no special access or privileges on GrapheneOS as opposed to bypassing the app sandbox and receiving a massive amount of highly privileged access.

extremely pedantic whining over the term "ROM", but when has a custom android distribution ever dealt with "read-only memory"? is or was there some immutable component of Android that could be interpreted as read-only?

also I switched from iPhones to Google Pixels running GrapheneOS four years ago and I've never looked back, it's really solid and gives me the amount of control I expect and demand over hardware I've purchased upfront. Pedantry aside, I strongly recommend GrapheneOS

“You just can’t drink any fluids. We got here a little after 6 a.m.... so we’re going to tough it out and not drink or eat anything. It’s kind of insane that there’s no provision at all for people who are going to be waiting this long,” the woman said.

a microcosm of what the next presidency with this fuck would look like, and they just don't see it, they never see it.

game devs gonna have to use different language to describe what used to be simply called "enemy AI" where exactly zero machine learning is involved

cuz being able to log in is handy sometimes

Neither are really my style!

dumbass, everyone knows you only do one crime at a time

postal dude, is that you?

mmm, delicious carbonjack

Looks like an asshole. I bet he sounds like one too, but I intend to never hear his voice.

controls are very very good and it's intended for use with cartridges. no roms needed - hell it's actually a little extra effort to run rom files on it.

https://www.analogue.co/pocket

Good point, in which case no abortion could ever be conctraceptive