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  • It’s not for “purity reasons”. It’s because only Pixels (and their upcoming Motorola phone) have crucial security features like hardware memory tagging and the ability to physically disable the USB-C’s data transfer ports to protect against Cerberos. Cerberos is one of the main threats for end users’ security in the real world. Security “cranked up to the max” is not just for fun or for the love of the game. It’s the whole point of Graphene.

    Additionally, you fail to mention that Graphene expected Google to eventually stop supporting the security features needed and partnered with Motorola to get around that ahead of time. Google didn’t rugpull Graphene, they rugpulled all Google Pixel 11+ users. Graphene is going to continue to be supported on Pixels other than Pixel 11, and it will continue with new OEM devices that have the required security features.

    I say all of that as someone who used to daily drive Calyx. I moved to Graphene years ago, and prefer the featureset of Graphene. For example, Sandboxed Google Play is fantastic.

    My next phone will likely be the Motorola, unless huge improvements are made with Postmarket (or whatever they rebranded to) from both usability and security standpoints.