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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
GrapheneOS is the security-first Android distribution. It tends to drop support for older devices not long after official driver updates stop, because it's harder to ensure top-notch security in that case. The Pixel 5A is in "extended support", which is to say deprecated.

LineageOS is the broad-support Android distribution. Its current version supports all Pixel devices. Third parties have even built recent-ish versions for ancient devices (e.g. Android 13 on the Nexus 5).