Comment on Unless users take action, Android will let Gemini access third-party apps
ChickenAndRice@sh.itjust.works 1 week agoThere are many technical reasons why: grapheneos.org/faq#future-devices
Every Android phone (besides Pixel) fails to meet the high technical requirements of the project.
Venator@lemmy.nz 4 days ago
Sounds like they’re intentionally setting the barriers to entry too high for anyone other than Google…
ChickenAndRice@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Ok. Which ones, and why?
Venator@lemmy.nz 3 days ago
Mainly just those two mean it will never be available on any other hardware…
ChickenAndRice@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Building a linux phone: do you mean from scratch, or just installing one of the Linux phone OS’s that already exist?
I’ve been following Ubuntu Touch for several years now and, while they have made a lot of progress, its main hurdles have the same thing in common: mobile hardware is incredibly locked down. For example, Ubuntu Touch uses proprietary Android drivers for many low level functions. Even then, there’s some features that aren’t stable across all devices, like VOLTE.
It sucks, I really want to use Ubuntu Touch (or any of the Linux alternatives) but I can’t make phone calls or text in the US without VOLTE support. There are a few phones that support VOLTE, but the feature is either in beta, the phone is expensive, or the phone is not sold in the US.
Anyways bringing that back to Graphene: In my case, I’m using this as a stopgap until Linux phones take off (assuming they ever do). For now I guess the best thing is to just be skeptic, keep things minimal, and bloat-free.