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>>tripdo+(OP)
> Without the Pixel hardware repos (which include the device trees, driver binaries, and more), custom Android ROMs will have a hard time developing their OS updates. This might also have implications for security (vulnerability) researchers.

This concerns me as a GrapeneOS user.

>>yellow+o2
Yup, especially given what they posted: https://x.com/GrapheneOS/status/1932596516390072669?t=Tw_clE...

>>codeth+r4
Aw man… GrapheneOS makes owning a smartphone bearable. I hope this isn't the beginning of the end.

>>Freak_+s6
I really haven't kept up with third party roms for smartphones in a while. I take it graphene is a major player? Last one I heard of was lineage os. I guess I probably need to start looking as my pixel 5a has probably lapsed security updates

>>wing-_+0c
A major player amongst the tiny world of user-centric privacy-focussed third party Android based OSes I guess. Their major selling point — aside from privacy and maximal degoogling — is that you could take a Pixel, install GrapheneOS, and have it work with not too much trouble. No elaborate study of a plethora of devices needed, and the device is supported for a comparatively long time.

The Pixel 6 I have will be hitting its end of life in October 2026. I had wished to be able to simply get a newer Pixel and just carry on.