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jnovektoday at 4:07 PM4 repliesview on HN

Yes, but there are issues.

You can’t use stuff like banking apps on a modified device and losing access to normal android devices would be a big blow to the momentum of the F-Droid community. GrapheneOS might not be a big enough community to sustain work on the projects delivered by F-Droid.


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grueztoday at 4:16 PM

>You can’t use stuff like banking apps on a modified device

IME such apps are few and far between. The most trouble I ran into is play store refusing to show apps because they claim the app isn't compatible with the device, but that can be worked around with aurora store.

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ncr100today at 6:16 PM

I wonder then if the workaround for THAT (losing access to Banking / "Google trust-deriving apps") is to get a second device, wifi-only no-SIM G-Android.

Cumbersome, but any other deterring reasons why "not a good workaround"?

zb3today at 4:13 PM

> losing access to normal android devices would be a big blow to the momentum of the F-Droid community.

For me it seems the opposite - if these "normal" (GMS spyware) Android devices lose the access to F-Droid and it will only be possible to install malware/adware from Google Play, then maybe that will push more people to value unlocking the bootloader..

skybriantoday at 4:21 PM

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