Less Than Half of Android Users Have Upgraded to Android 13 or 14! 🤯
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Android 14 has been out for 9 months and Android 13 was released almost two years ago, but less than 50% of Android users have devices running those versions...

Funny, the comment types here are the same as on Youtube:

  1. “I still run Android and it is totally fine, will never switch Android just got worse!”
  2. “Well, money”
  3. “Companies need to support phones longer”
  4. “I just use LineageOS on that device”
  5. Misinformation
  • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
    2·
    4 months ago

    LineageOS was not fully degoogled before GrapheneOS devs came and did that. I think now LineageOS also has these patches.

    They also dont apply hardening, also not for privacy. The webview for example is just Chromium.

    There are a ton of features, all listed on grapheneos.org

    Many are pretty technical, a lot of them are for very high threat models. I mean, we still all manage to kinda not get hacked. But that may be because we live under governments that are not full dystopia, yet. Or because we are just boring.

    GrapheneOS is likely overkill, but I like to have the most security I can get. These guys are doing amazing work, hacking Android at very low levels. For example they found a way to completely disable the USB port, I think using the same mechanism as the “water detection” would use to shut it off.

    Or storage and contact scopes, or the hardening everywhere. Pin scrambling.

    A lot could be improved, LineageOS has way better AOSP apps for example. These should land in GrapheneOS.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4·
      4 months ago

      I’ll just keep using Lineage OS as that’s what works best for me. You can use what you want but my experience is that the Graphene community is toxic and arrogant. I don’t want to be a part of that community. If anything I would use Calyx OS

      • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
        1·
        4 months ago

        It is true that there is toxicity and arrogance among these people. I can forgive them because

        1. They are right (and even if I think they are not, they know more about it so I couldnt out-argument them)
        2. They work on a FOSS OS that is extremely secure and private. Literally doing the most important work, protecting vulnerable people etc.
        3. They need to fight against misinformation every day. The amount of noobs on their forum is pretty insane, and a lot of companies and other projects spread misinformation, sell near-EOL or already EOL devices etc.

        CalyxOS is way less secure, in a lot of parts. It is mainly just LineageOS.