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GrapheneOS doesn't like Fairphone very much it seems...
Their gripe seems more to do with eOS, but they kinda couple them together. Hardware-wise fairphone is only deficient in its security chip. I do agree with GrapheneOS in criticisms of eOS’s philosophy and security and privacy goals. The founder of eOS is a prick.
GrapheOS doesn't like anyone. I don't even think they should be treated as part of open phone community. They are hostile to everything that they didn't make.
They are hostile to those who dont genuinely care about privacy and security like fairphone and murena who also spend time spreading hate and disinformation about grapheneos and the devs and owner
I all for spreading hate of graphene os devs* but I don't think Fairphone is doing anything like that. Any proof?
*Just kidding. I think they are toxic but and their opinions on many topics should be ignored but there's no need to hate anyone.
what led you to this conclusion?
Hmmm, maybe something like this: https://www.androidauthority.com/fairphone-murena-software-response-grapheneos-claims-3579637/
the graphene people never fail to stir pot. lol
they not wrong, but there's better ways to inform other people.
Isn't /e/os (murena) a seperate company from fairphone?
Yes, and I don't know if it could even be classed as a collaboration. They just buy them and resell them with different firmware, basically?
I assume some part of acceptance is required for that in practice, but it isn't like Fairphone ever advertised them as an official option (as far as I can tell or saw).
Well, Fairphone sells phones with e/OS preinstalled on their website so at the very least they like each other
So instead of seeing an opportunity to do the same, they burned bridges with one of the only companies not locking down their OS?
Security wise Fairphone isn't up to GOS standards, so a collaboration wasn't on the table either way.
If said standards are reasonable is a difficult thing to say. A few years ago I would've said that a normal person doesn't need to be concerned that the police tries to break into their phone, but with the current state of things and the increasing rise of fascism, I'm not so certain anymore.
I don't know the situation, but if it's as this part of your comment implies, then that's clear bridge-burning on Graphene's part.
If the current phones don't have a chip or whatever, that doesn't mean they can't reach out to Fairphone and say "Hey, we'd like to promote our OS and join up! However, we requure such-and-such hardware. Are you interested?"
Saying "It doesn't have the chip, a deal with them will never work" without reaching out isn't productive.
I assume that Fairphone has quite the problems competing with more established markets and the OS is an afterthought, so they went with /e/. But hey, I might be wrong, and it's all a conspiracy to maie an illusion of choice with Fairphone+/e/.
But if the mission of Fairphone is fair production and repairability, the fact that security and privacy are afterthoughts seems like a reasonable (but foolish) standpoint. They should care.
However, since the mission of Graphene is security and privacy, that seems like they should be the ones to reach out and try to provide their world-class software to as many people as possible. This probably includes supporting more than one make of phone.
They are just saying that e/OS has delays of important updates that lag. Which the fairphine team then pretty much confirmed.
Am I a dick for pointing out factual information? Are they? When it comes to something like security and privacy there should be no compromises. The truth should be heard.
They don't seem to like anyone very much.