revengeOS
Thinking about Motorola, 2027, and GrapheneOS. GrapheneOS and Motorola Mobility/Lenovo have pattered to release Motorola phones in 2027 where GrapheneOS is the native OS on the phone. It's a huge deal (in my eyes) and I will be first in line to get whatever their first offering is w/ Motorola + Graphene.
Not only does this come at a time where Google/Android is making it more difficult to side load apps onto Android, but as their Chrome browser dominance, advertising lead (AdWords/AdSense) and API lockouts are increasing to the extent that they would actually be saving face at this point if they closed down the AOSP (Android Open Source Project) altogether. Another walled garden like iOS, albeit just a software prison.
Now Motorola/GrapheneOS have their partnership, years after Google bought Motorola, promising an amazing future, only to strip the decades old company of thousands of patents and then selling Motorola to Lenovo.
Privacy focused phone users (e.g. ME!) have wanted to explore GrapheneOS for some time, but currently it will only run on Pixel phones with the GrapheneOS ROM flashed onto them. Going forward, perhaps some more affordable, and user-friendly options can be made available. :)
Should Moto/Graphene take in a respectable share of the smartphone market, it's just word of mouth, or at least highly satisfied customers (I think there will be many – again, ME!) that can finally give all of us the Third Party Option™ we've all desired, needed for well over a decade.
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