Google’s Android, the world’s most widely used mobile operating system, started life as open-source software. In its quest for ever-greater profits, the tech giant has been gradually eroding Android’s open-source nature over the last decade.

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[–] icegladiator@lemy.lol 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What messaging apps work well on GrapheneOS? I want to make the switch but I'm not sure what will work and what won't

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[–] eleitl@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Matrix (Element), Signal, Telegram. Other stuff probably requires Google services which I don't use on the tablet. Phone has Google services, but I don't really use it for messaging other than Signal.

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[–] icegladiator@lemy.lol 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Have you tried Briar, SimpleX or Session? Also do you get the same quality of mobile service on Graphene as you do on the default OS?

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[–] eleitl@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago

No use cases for this so far.

Mobile service quality is defined by the baseband, which is an immutable blob to the OS. I phone rarely and currently use my old LineageOS phone for it.

I've got a support case for my Pixel 7a open due to potential battery issue. If I return it I will buy a different, bigger (6.7") Pixel model. My new Pixel tablet is doing fine so far.

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