I have my respect for GrapheneOS for addressing the Play Integrity API issue.

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    3 months ago

    Well. I was literally considering getting a pixel fold in the next few days to give grapheneOS a try. I guess I won’t now? What other good options are there for a (mostly) casual who wanted minimal fiddling and maximum privacy? Just switching back to iPhone?

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      3 months ago

      I doubt iPhone is better, and it’s marketing instead. Or it’s a matter of time before they wanna go the data mining road. You can also get a fairphone and install a custom ROM

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        3 months ago

        Right, but not Graphene, though, right? The whole draw of Graphene is that it’s relatively easy and android-feature complete, no?

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            3 months ago

            Yeah, apple is always teetering on that fence where on the one side, they’re a Corpo and want to sell your data, but on the other side their whole draw and the logic behind being a walled garden is the privacy aspect for their users. If they drop the privacy draw, then why would some users want to stay in a walled garden

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      3 months ago

      Only a few apps enforce Play Integrity so it is still the best option for a casual user. Cash App enforcing it is my biggest hurdle.

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        3 months ago

        Did you read the post…? It seems like Google is starting to fuck with app access, unless I’m misunderstanding?

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          3 months ago

          They didn’t change anything. Banking apps rely on play integrity to check if the device is secure (not bootloader unlocked/rooted). Google abuses this, so grapheneos devices also don’t get the support.