We're happy to announce a long-term partnership with Motorola.

[wirlwirlwind@sunny.garden]

@GrapheneOS HOLY SHIT

[thing@plasmatrap.com]

@lumi@snug.moe @GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social @alexia@shrimp.starlightnet.work you're lucky you can even degoogle your android device

all the devices i bought until i realised google, samsung, etc. are shit are all samsung devices, and they all stop working when GMS is removed ​​

and there ism't even any custom roms

[a53bdb@mastodon.social]

@Cambion @GrapheneOS Every phone is made globally, which means risks are from almost every major country. But some people always judge the phone by the company location, I was kidding.

[lumi@snug.moe]

@thing @GrapheneOS @alexia@shrimp.starlightnet.work ​​

[cambion@mastodon.nl]

@a53bdb @GrapheneOS Yeah agree. Sadly I've already seen the first bunch of people complaining about this without it being a joke 🥲.

[grapheneos@grapheneos.social]

@BoloMKXXVIII The analytics feature is for their mobile device management system and their own operating system, not GrapheneOS. GrapheneOS is a separate thing from their operating system. They're both adding official support for GrapheneOS and using a small subset of GrapheneOS features to improve their own operating system. They could add support to GrapheneOS to their MDM but that wouldn't involve us adding any invasive integration for it in GrapheneOS. We wouldn't do something like that.

[cambion@mastodon.nl]

@GrapheneOS Exciting! Must admit I had hoped the secret possible partner was Sony, but I kinda feel like that was just wishful thinking from the start. Sony doesn't seem like a company who would 🙃.

[larsmb@mastodon.online]

@GrapheneOS This is great news.

I hope there will be a Pixel 9 Pro form factor equivalent as well (the Signature is a bit larger than I like).

But primarily I hope this will secure funding and development for GrapheneOS.

Well done and congratulations!

[dot_______166@mastodon.social]

@GrapheneOS would these Motorola devices that would run graphene be able to run custom builds of graphene as well?

[grapheneos@grapheneos.social]

@a53bdb We'll continue to have Pixels as an option.

[jonasgraphie@mastodon.social]

@GrapheneOS @katzenberger

Please try to get a mid-range phone also supported.

Pixel a series at least in Germany is basically thrown after people having a phone included in their mobile network contract, so you can get a current a series half a year after release for 300 € in Germany. Considering the remaining 6.5 years of support by Google, this is an insanely good price for a long lasting and secure phone.

[grapheneos@grapheneos.social]

@lumi GrapheneOS is based on the Android Open Source Project which doesn't have Google apps and doesn't use their regular services. It only uses Google as a provider for very basic standard services which we replaced in GrapheneOS.

The purpose of GrapheneOS isn't specifically avoiding Google apps and services but rather providing a high level of privacy and security in general. Using Pixels is not in any way counter to our goals. We want official OEM support, lower level hardening, etc. though.

[grapheneos@grapheneos.social]

@lumi @alexia GrapheneOS and the Android Open Source Project are Linux distributions. We strongly disagree with the premise that glibc, systemd and GNOME are preferable to the much more private and secure AOSP software stack. Moving to the desktop software stack would be a huge regression for nearly everything we care about and focus on improving. It's already possible to run desktop Linux apps in GrapheneOS including GUI apps via the hardware virtualization support and there's a desktop mode.

[mildlyhorrifying@mastodon.social]

@GrapheneOS I know it's probably never going to happen, but if I could get a Razr with GOS on it, I would literally do a backflip.

[grapheneos@grapheneos.social]

@182052d256f486269994e4ff65c5d2601109f874fdfb373d113e72fbe48c3d7a 2027 if you're waiting for this.

[cmthiede@social.vivaldi.net]

@GrapheneOS finally, tech making tech that's just tech and not a node on a surveillance map!

[bubblegumyeti@mastodon.social]

@GrapheneOS will keep an eye out for this

[blindcoder@toot.berlin]

@GrapheneOS Aaaand buying a used Pixel is off now. HYPED!

[okuna@social.tchncs.de]

@GrapheneOS Awesome news.
Going to a shop, buy a Motorola with GOS pre-installed is a dream.
Although the installation process is super smooth and not an issue, but for some it is.
I wonder if you have the man power to support pixel (as stated below) and Motorola hw.
I also have no clue what it means to the limitations google tries to implement for developers in autumn….

[suetanvil@freeradical.zone]

@GrapheneOS

Nice!