Raw LLM Responses

The purpose of GrapheneOS is to provide a highly private and secure smartphone which requires a device with highly secure hardware and firmware as a base. GrapheneOS doesn't use any Google services by default (https://grapheneos.org/faq#default-connections) but the purpose is not specifically to avoid Google. We don't use the term "degoogle" and don't present avoiding Google apps and services as being one of the major features (https://grapheneos.org/features). In fact, one of the major features of GrapheneOS is the optional sandboxed Google Play compatibility enabling users to use Google apps and apps depending on them as regular sandboxed apps with absolutely no special access, privileges or other capabilities. The point of that approach is that Google apps are simply regular apps no different from using any other apps. All our privacy features like Storage Scopes and the Sensors toggle (among many others) apply to them just like other apps. We have nothing against users choosing to use Google apps and services, but it should be a freely made choice and they should have exactly the same control and privacy they have with any other apps and services, which is how it works on GrapheneOS if you choose to use them. GrapheneOS is not specifically an anti-Google project. It is a privacy project in general. A device supported by GrapheneOS also needs production quality alternate OS support where an alternate OS can fully use the hardware keystore, attestation, verified boot and other security features. We will continue using phones providing proper full monthly Android privacy/patches with all the relevant firmware/driver patches, strong hardware/firmware security and secure, production quality support for using an alternate OS. We want other OEMs to provide phones with everything we need including a properly integrated high quality secure element and much more. We look forward to that happening.