I would love to make the switch, but I am certain that absolutely zero of my government mandated apps will run on this thing.
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Android Auto is borked and most camera features
Android auto also works fine for me. I haven't used an android phone in years so I can only compair it to apple car play. There are extra configuration steps to make it work but its not hard (just have to read some messages and go through some menus)
Apple car play "just works".
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Android Auto works fine for me and google camera also works fine.
The camera works but I was talking about it but the Google image processing features.
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Unfortunately, Tinder doesn't work and that is helpful to get in touch with the ladies. That app is too hell bent on location data which GOS handles more privately.
NFC should work, it is just scheduled to be deactivated after 3 months if not used for security reasons.
I think GOS is very user friendly and has many positive privacy and security enhancements. I would like to see if they can surpass sandboxed Google Play and officially support other repositories and updaters like Accrescent. Also, a standard way of securing traffic beyond encrypted DNS would be good such as a tor client like Orbot.
Looking into the Veilid ecosystem might also be a source for further development ideas.
just use grindr instead like I do
GrapheneOS also made me give up my heterosexuality /j
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It Feels Almost Like Android... But It Isn't
So what is it?
I think what they attribute to that "android feel", is google spying on them at every turn.
If you want to know if an app works, you can start here: https://plexus.techlore.tech/ Still a young project so contributions are welcomed!
If you don't have a Pixel like me, you can check out: https://e.foundation/ Runs since 3 years on my Fairphone 3 and gets better with every update
I'm not sure how to read the Plexus entries, and they don't seem to be clickable. Would you mind explaining how to use the site in a meaningful way?
Ironically, Plexus currently crashes and won't open on GrapheneOS. Both 2.0.3 on F-Droid and 2.0.6 on IzzyOnDroid.
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