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As somebody who has used graphene for a long time, it certainly comes with sacrifices compared to stock android or iOS just by the nature of being a non-stock OS due to Google’s integrity stuff. The biggest thing I miss from my iPhone is putting my cards into my phone’s wallet and using tap to pay. Graphene can do concert tickets, boarding passes etc but not full GPay functionality. However that’s my biggest gripe. I still use iMessage for group chats that I’ve had for years where people won’t migrate; I host a BlueBubbles server at home and it forwards it all to my pixel. Never had a yubikey so I can’t speak to that issue unfortunately. I wish you the best of luck in finding workarounds or converting back, whatever is best for you. Remember that privacy is about balance; clarify your threat model and your social needs and work to find an appropriate compromise

I’ve loved Linux for college. Studying CS and Math, graduating soon. Just know your requirements software wise and be prepared to find workarounds or dual boot if necessary. I never had to dual boot but I was able to use Google docs or the browser version of office for anything requiring office formatting or collaborative work. I also couldn’t download some testing software on Linux (respondus lockdown browser 🤢) and used a school desktop in the library to run that when necessary. I love my workflow though outside of those niggles and couldn’t ask for a better research and development OS

No way, ulcers are caused by medication or bacteria not spice. Spicy food just makes existing ulcers more painful.

It’s the same thread, the linked post is down the thread a little bit

Play integrity api is implemented by some app developers to check OS integrity. Google blocks all third party OSes from utilizing this verification method, including GrapheneOS. This isn’t new, what’s new are the apps that utilize this integrity API which is where the story comes from. Most apps still work without it. Graphene has full support for hardware anttestation and they’re pushing for this to be the norm rather than relying on Google as the gatekeeper. I use graphene every day, and while I mostly use FOSS apps from other repos, the stuff I personally use from the play store works perfectly

I used to have a steam deck for that console/casual gameplay scenario, but now I just stream my main PC to the TV using Sunshine/Moonlight. Steam link would do the trick too, but yeah it’s a great solution for couch gaming without getting an extra device

I was using Nix but ran into some software compatibility issues so I’m back on Arch. It’s obviously not immutable and doesn’t have generations, but using btrfs + snapper + snap-pac + grub-btrfs has given me an automated system of snapshots that let me roll back to my system state before or after each package change (As well as weekly snapshots). It has been rock solid and reliable for me. On my Debian server I just use ZFS and snapshot it weekly, which isn’t as easy to roll back but it does everything I need

I’m certain pollutants like microplastics and PFAS are contributing to increased cancer rates, but how much impact comes from better testing and longer lifespans leading to increased diagnosis of cancers that would otherwise be missed?

I use ntfy on graphene and it works just fine. I had to fully disable battery optimizations but that was it

It literally doesn’t do that

I mean yeah it does include data scraped from the web but that is all three years old at this point. Hardly a search engine by any metric