
My main reason for turning to an alternative Android flavor is privacy. GrapheneOS takes this to the next level and by default doesn’t talk to any Google servers at all. Even things like the connectivity check web request when connecting to a new network or requesting ephemeris information for fast GPS startup go to GrapheneOS servers rather than to Google. Like on LineageOS, which I have used so far, the downside of not having any Google software on the device is that particularly banking apps do not run. A small price to pay for privacy, but GrapheneOS offers a way out of this without compromising privacy: Running Google Services, particularly Google Play in a sandbox.
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