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I just install LineageOS. It doesn't have any bloatware or Android modifications that the manufacturer added
That's great if you have one of the handful of phones supported, but for the rest of us, not so much.
I bought my current phone specifically because it was supported by LineageOS. Before that I used an unsupported Samsung phone, which was such a shitty experience that I made a promise to myself that my next phone has to have custom ROMs available
Apart from the pixels, which current range of phones is supported?
You can find the supported devices in the list - https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/
And how many are current? Apart from the pixels, there's nothing available where I live unless you buy second-hand (which has issues of its own).
GrapheneOS > LineageOS, but unfortunately the list of supported devices is even smaller.
I like what GrapheneOS is doing, but it's focused on having the absolute best security rather than supporting a lot of phones. If you aren't wanted by three letter agencies then LineageOS is good enough
Keep in mind, you don't have to be an activist or journalist to get targeted with sophisticated spyware. This very recent Lemmy post is a great example: https://slrpnk.net/post/15858999
And I can immediately say goodbye to important apps I need.
I'm so fracking tired of not being able to just use the OS π want on my phone because apparently my phone isn't mine.
What does this have to do with GrapheneOS (compared to Lineage)? Did you reply to the wrong comment?
This is from some post where authy, revolut, and a bunch of other apps no longer permit Graphene OS
It seems to apply to all third party operating systems. I pretty much have to use stock or I can't use my bank apps, can't use my phone to prove I'm me when remote logging in to work
I used to use cyanogen then lineage until security stuff made the phone too useless.