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GrapheneOS is the only Android OS providing full security patches

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751 points akyuu | 2 comments | 06 Dec 25 13:58 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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walterbell ◴[06 Dec 25 16:46 UTC] No.46174679[source]▶
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.

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joelthelion ◴[06 Dec 25 22:07 UTC] No.46176996[source]▶
This is really cool, but, longer term, what happens if Google makes android closed source? I feel this is a very real risk.
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palata ◴[06 Dec 25 23:52 UTC] No.46177758[source]▶
Not sure if the big manufacturers would want to depend on a proprietary Google OS. Samsung does make a lot of changes to the OS, for instance.
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WhyNotHugo ◴[07 Dec 25 01:06 UTC] No.46178279{3}[source]▶
> Not sure if the big manufacturers would want to depend on a proprietary Google OS.

They already do; Google's flavour of Android adds plenty of proprietary components on top of AOSP.

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palata ◴[07 Dec 25 10:05 UTC] No.46180576{4}[source]▶
They depend on the Play Service and Play Store, that's for sure. But I'm pretty sure they know it's a risk already.

Don't get me wrong: they are locked-in, that's a fact. And to be fair they benefit from all the work of Google on the OS. But that's not a reason to desire to go further and lose even more control.

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1. fsflover ◴[07 Dec 25 10:26 UTC] No.46180684{5}[source]▶
What exactly are they going to do? Support GNU/Linux?
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2. palata ◴[07 Dec 25 22:48 UTC] No.46186099[source]▶
If Google goes proprietary with AOSP? They could fork AOSP, or go with their own proprietary system (like Huawei is successfully doing).

Linux distros (including non-GNU/Linux distros, e.g. busybox/Linux distros) are way behind for smartphones. I don't think they would switch to that.