The UI is just AOSP android, simple and ugly (imo) as always. It’s not unique in that either, most OEMs have a skin based on AOSP in some way.

As for the app support, I have had very little issues over the past year on GrapheneOS. Aside from some apps being exclusive to the play store (ie they don’t host them elsewhere and Aurora doesn’t have a copy), I have a pretty seamless experience. And yes, including banking apps.

Tap to pay doesn’t work (they’re upfront about that) but NFC is still fully features in my experience.

My partner and I were gratefully surprised when we bought a cheap Hisense for their cozy space (to isolate when overstimulated and just play some games) that in the setup it offers the option for a ‘dumb TV’ mode with no requirement for internet. In addition you can reject the user agreements and still use the TV. It boots straight to HDMI, no pop up ads, and is snappy.

I’m still newish to gaming on Linux but from what I’ve heard Nvidia drivers are hit or miss but much better then they used to be. AMD graphics are well supported and using a mix of Proton though Steam and Wine I haven’t really had any issues with games. I have an ROG Ally running Bazzite and a gaming PC running Vanilla OS 2, both do just fine. Additionally hosting game servers on my Debian server has been fine as well.

If you’re on the fence I’d recommend installing on a separate drive and giving it a try.

Damn, I’m going to miss those messages one day on my Debian stable server.

I mean, I can see why it’s brewed an anti crowd. Founded by Radio Free Asia, a USA propaganda arm, and was funded up until late last year.

Additionally they have been aggressively pushed by the NED, an organization created to effectively conduct CIA color revolution in the overt.

And finally, compared to the other major US developed and funded project Tor, it is very centralized. It requires a phone number to use. The open source code is very oftenly neglected with the repository being out of date compared to the code being pushed out in updates.

Not every non-profit is your friend. Especially not non-profits that recieve funding largely from an agressive state that fashions itself as world police.

Now, I do use it as the US government is not currently in my threat model and I’m in need of an accessible messaging platform that I can get friends, family, and coworkers onto. But if for instance, the next administration extends transphobic policies federally you best believe I’m keeping that information off Signal.

No problem 😄

Its a tongue in cheek CVE. Crowbar is literally a crowbar. Like… beat the password or device access from you.

On a secondhand or wiped burner Pixel too. The Crowbar CVE can’t be patched by an OS.

My only concern is if they start employing frequency jamming since LoRa is in a very specific band which won’t impede much other uses when jammed.

LTE/5G bands have much more potential impacts if attempting to jam that band.