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GrapheneOS now officially supports Pixel 9, 9 Pro, and 9 Pro XL | GrapheneOS is a private, secure mobile operating system with Android app compatibility, developed as a non-profit open source project (9to5google.com)
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[–] iopq 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You expect them to backport security updates to pixel 3 or whatever for free when even the manufacturer doesn't?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Isn't that what Lineage does?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

They only backport (some) OS patches, the firmware doesn't get updated after the vendor classifies a device as EOL.