I could never use the fairphone after reading about how the leadership responded to grapheneos disclaiming their claims that it was a secure device.

Instead of rebuking their statements, the founder resorted to personal attacks on the the leadership of grapheneos and reiterated the false information that the graphene project had.

Until i had read that I had a very positive mentality of the project but, that definitely has made me think twice about using anything related to /e/os in the future regardless if grapheneOS claims are true or false (they seem true)

I have an old redmi lying unused. I will have to experiment on it to understand the ROM flashing scene. PostmarketOS is a good project. Hopefully, the community interest will increase and make things more accessible for everyone.

I'm aware. But, why should I go through so many extra steps and wait 24hrs to install apps on a phone I paid. Also, who is to say they won't increase the requirements later in the name of "security"?

This is not a thing on Linux and Windows. Why should it be on android?

I rely on xdrip+ for getting blood clucose measurements. That app is not on the play store.

So, in case I'll loose my phone and have to buy one (or even just need to reset it) I'm 24hrs without blood glucose measurements...? Yeah that sounds great /s.

They're partnering with GrapheneOS to build a phone fully supported by GrapheneOS and to their security standards

The better question will be, since authentication is required to complete it, does this mean that devices that don't have any security or lock pin are not going to be allowed to use unsigned applications?

Well at least that's an easy one to setup and later disable again.