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>>akyuu+(OP)
https://tbot.substack.com/p/grapheneos-new-oem-partnership

> GrapheneOS has officially confirmed a major new hardware partnership—one that marks the end of its long-standing Pixel exclusivity. According to the team, work with a major Android OEM began in June and is now moving toward the development of a next-generation smartphone built to meet GrapheneOS’ strict privacy and security standards.

>>walter+wk
This is really cool, but, longer term, what happens if Google makes android closed source? I feel this is a very real risk.

>>joelth+TV
They won't because they literally control the mobile market by having Android open source.

>>worlds+3X
Now that their market is established, I don't think open-source is a requirement anymore. They would of course share with hardware vendors strategically.

>>joelth+f11
True. All the big OEMs are in too deep with Android now, there's no going back. They could easily make it code share under NDA instead of open source.

>>wkat42+571
Huawei proved that they can move away from Android... unfortunately they did not go for a hard fork of AOSP but for a proprietary, new OS.