Honestly, this still worries me. There is no telling how many apps I rely on will evaporate over the next year. Several devs have already announced sunsetting their projects.
There are a number of projects that rely on on user installs, either because they are small passion projects (it costs money to be on the Play Store), or because they provide a function that is not permitted by Google Play. Without a vibrant community outside of the play store supporting them, it’s hard to see how they will all survive.
This is a double edged sword. You risk hostile takeover if the Dev has bad intentions and you risk suddenly being off the store if the Dev account gets blocked for one of the other apps. For me it would not be worth the hassle.
I suppose if somebody could organize a team of volunteers to pay for the Play Store fees, and take care of the logistics for small devs to get their apps approved, then it might be possible.
Graphene is insanely good. It’s even better than classic custom roms, since you can actually easily install google play. I’m avoiding Google’s stupid crackdowns, getting additional security, all while having most of my stuff still work.
Most apps just work. My games and paid apps still work. Google wallet doesn’t work, but I just used my physical cards. McDonald’s app doesn’t work, but that might’ve been a benefit to my health.
Overall, couldn’t believe a security focused product had such good usability.
Me too. So easy. Because of that rooting was my first step when I got a new phone. Now I’m dealing with not being able to run bank apps or other things I need. So fun…
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Honestly, this still worries me. There is no telling how many apps I rely on will evaporate over the next year. Several devs have already announced sunsetting their projects.
There are a number of projects that rely on on user installs, either because they are small passion projects (it costs money to be on the Play Store), or because they provide a function that is not permitted by Google Play. Without a vibrant community outside of the play store supporting them, it’s hard to see how they will all survive.
What if a proxy dev account offered to put up a bunch of devs’ apps on the store? Could at least some of them be satisfied by pseudo-anonymity?
This is a double edged sword. You risk hostile takeover if the Dev has bad intentions and you risk suddenly being off the store if the Dev account gets blocked for one of the other apps. For me it would not be worth the hassle.
I suppose if somebody could organize a team of volunteers to pay for the Play Store fees, and take care of the logistics for small devs to get their apps approved, then it might be possible.
Play store charged a one time fee for lifetime. I didn’t see it changing.
Graphene is insanely good. It’s even better than classic custom roms, since you can actually easily install google play. I’m avoiding Google’s stupid crackdowns, getting additional security, all while having most of my stuff still work.
Most apps just work. My games and paid apps still work. Google wallet doesn’t work, but I just used my physical cards. McDonald’s app doesn’t work, but that might’ve been a benefit to my health.
Overall, couldn’t believe a security focused product had such good usability.
I can’t get any banking apps to work. I just use their web version in a pinch. Only loss I’ve experienced.
Have you tried enabling exploit compatibility mode for your bank app? I know that’s what fixed it for mine.
Holy crap, you’re right! Fixed it
Nice!
My banking app works without use issue.
I really haven’t had any issues with graphene.
Hoping that the Motorola partnership will produce some great phones by the time I need to upgrade.
I wish there were a way to easily back my shit up before flashing on my pixel 10 fold.
It used to be “get root, Titanium Backup, wipe & flash, selectively restore app backups”. I even paid a whole dollar for TB Pro.
Me too. So easy. Because of that rooting was my first step when I got a new phone. Now I’m dealing with not being able to run bank apps or other things I need. So fun…
I’m confused. Has Graphene said they’re not going to comply with Google’s policy for installing 3rd party apps?
The policy is mandated for “certified” Android devices. Those have Google apps preloaded and pass Google’s remote attestation.
GrapheneOS is not certified and has no plans to be.