Only if they can make it easy to use without compromising on what makes GrapheneOS what it is.
I’m in the Apple ecosystem, but was curious about it after hearing so many people talk about it. Linus Tech Tips made a video on it a while back and for those who don’t want to tinker, it sounded like it could be a bit of a nightmare. At my age, I’m not looking for my phone to become a hobby.
This generally means sensible defaults for the 80%, settings for the 95%, and then more settings just behind the curtain for the 5% who really want to tinker or to cover the one-gaps from choices made for the 95%.
> At my age, I’m not looking for my phone to become a hobby.
I have been trying Linux on mobile. This is a hobby.
I have been using GrapheneOS... honestly it's just like a normal Android after two steps:
1. Install GrapheneOS (their installer is incredibly good, it just works).
2. From the GrapheneOS store, install the Play Store (it's like 3 taps).
After that it's a normal Android, except it's more secure and you get updates (meaning that you are on the latest version of Android, always).
>At my age, I’m not looking for my phone to become a hobby.
Yout first mistake was to consume Linus content. Its reviews are biased and compromised.
And no, GOS is not a hobby. I have been using it for 3-4y on a brand new (back then) Google Pixel 7 PRO.
You install it following the instructions on the browser, it is next-next-finish process. Once done, you use it like a normal phone but without Google Apps installed all over the place.
You have the freedom to install the apps you please, when you please, while GOS itself makes sure that if you ever install Google Apps, it never has access to your data, it runs sandboxed but from an user pov, it just run.
Plus the security features, you cannot break into a locked GOS. Oh the cops, airport wanna take your phone by force?? Good luck!!
We receive security updates that other phones can take up to 6 months to receive.
You don't need to have a bachelor degree, an engineer to use GOS, it is not a hobby either.
Ironically, GOS makes me waste less time with phone, there are days that my battery is still like 78% by bed time.
You use your phone more wisely, banking, news, social media if you are into it, stock market, etc, without letting Google, Samsung, Apple to harvest your shit.