Just curious if support for installing /e/OS on Pixel 10 devices is in the works. The supported devices list only appears to go up to Pixel 9.
After the fiasco with GrapheneOS and the fact that I can’t feasibly use GrapheneOS as a daily driver, I’m looking for a usable deGoogled alternative to stock Android. I’ve used /e/OS before on my older Pixel 6, so I know what to expect.
Thanks for all the hard work you all do.
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LineageOS just came out with official support, hopefully that means a build of /e/OS will be available soon!
Could you elaborate a bit on what you mean by the “fiasco with GrapheneOS”? I’m curious to hear what happened and why it didn’t work out for you as a daily driver.
A couple months ago, GrapheneOS announced they will be using AI in their development process. This angered a lot of anti-AI folks who trusted GrapheneOS and felt betrayed. Additionally, the GrapheneOS developers are not good with public relations, so their response to the backlash was less than tactful. People also pointed out that GrapheneOS kind of slandered other privacy-focused Android distros, including /e/OS, but GrapheneOS’s criticism may have some merit. GrapheneOS is about as secure as an Android distro can become, but it’s heavily sandboxed and locked down. /e/OS’s focus is on providing an deGoogled alternative rather than paranoia level security.
I kind of sympathize with GrapheneOS’s decision to use AI, though. As the most trusted security Android distro used by people whose lives literally depend on being protected from big threat actors like corrupt governments, I think they have an obligation to use the best tools available to make their OS secure, and it’s hard to deny that AI does indeed find tons of zero-days and other vulnerabilities that humans would otherwise not have found in a timely manner or until it is too late.
I personally don’t like or use AI for ethical reasons, but I find it hard to deny that it is highly useful for a select few tasks. At this point the genie is already out of the bottle and there is no stuffing it back in. AI is here to stay, even after the bubble bursts. I personally don’t need paranoia level security on my Pixel phone; I’m not a member of a particularly vulnerable group, nor a journalist, nor whistleblower. I installed GrapheneOS only to find that some apps didn’t work the way I expected them to. I’ve used /e/OS before and found it an acceptable compromise between things working the way I expect them to and being shielded from the panopticon.
