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Honestly, I think you summed up the biggest issues. As much as I look forward to getting a Pixel for my next phone solely for GrapheneOS, it’s understandable for people looking to degoogle to not want to buy a Google phone. The developer I think is the bigger issue. Despite having since stepped down, his behavior went unchecked for long enough to make quite a bad reputation and leave a bad taste in a lot of people’s mouths. While recovering from that will simply take time, I have wondered why they haven’t taken the opportunity to come out with a Graphene-lite for non-Pixels. Something like CarbonOS as secure as possible sans Google hardware. Could easily overtake Calyx/Lineage.

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Yep, tor me it’s because it requires a Pixel. And specifically poor Pixel battery life.

I value battery life, and every Pixel I check out on gsmarena has an endurance rating < 90h.

For comparison, my current phone’s endurance rating is 113h, and this is why I ended up shopping by chipset. Everything not Snapdragon had poor battery life. (Disclaimer: haven’t looked for a couple of years)

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The developer I think is the bigger issue

What did happen?

The problematic dev never stepped down they still pull the same crazy shenanigans like banning anyone he disagrees with.

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I have wondered why they haven’t taken the opportunity to come out with a Graphene-lite for non-Pixels

The issue I see is simply a lack of developers to do so. Trying to split the team between two mostly different projects would most likely cripple both.

They tell you why right on their website. They dev for Pixels because it’s a stable platform with a predictable future.

If you’re not going to listen to the devs, I don’t know what to say.

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