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GrapheneOS is the only Android OS providing full security patches

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751 points akyuu | 1 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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worldsavior ◴[06 Dec 25 22:18 UTC] No.46177068[source]▶
They won't because they literally control the mobile market by having Android open source.
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joelthelion ◴[06 Dec 25 22:54 UTC] No.46177328{3}[source]▶
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.
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wkat4242 ◴[06 Dec 25 23:47 UTC] No.46177690{4}[source]▶
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.
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palata ◴[06 Dec 25 23:52 UTC] No.46177747[source]▶
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.
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tonyhart7 ◴[07 Dec 25 01:39 UTC] No.46178433[source]▶
"they can move away from Android"

nah, it still android

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1. palata ◴[07 Dec 25 22:54 UTC] No.46186160{7}[source]▶
You don't know what you're talking about.