During prohibition era, there was a brick of dried grapes being sold as a nutrition supplement or something like that, but it had a “warning” sticker attached saying specifically not to dissolve it in a specific quantity of water, and if that were to happen, do not let a specific quantity of yeast to fall in it, and especially not to let it sit for 6 weeks, or else you might end up with wine, which is forbidden!
I can see a cheeky sort of company selling a phone with a little warning label attached to it…
mandatory age verifications on the OS isn’t a viable economic decision either, but that’s not stopping Media Matters and Meta from forcing their shitty anti-privacy policies on citizens.
That’s probably not a viable economic decision though
Should still be a good deal for Motorola. There’s a bunch of folks now who buy whatever phone runs GrapheneOS best. Whichever company courts us gets our business.
I’m sure we’re not a landslide, but sometimes niche communities can still make a huge difference for a company.
Hi, yes, it’s me, I’m one of those bunch of folks who would willingly switch off Google’s Tensor crap modem to ideally a Motorola phone with a Qualcomm modem that can run Graphene.
If they ship with Android but confirm that GrapheneOS works, those who even know of GrapheneOS’s existence will put in the effort to install it themselves. It’s totally viable and a simple plan.
I believe the US and Brazil are the only countries in the world forcing age verification. They chose to pull their infrastructure out of France bit there is no ban on the sale of devices with it installed.
Well, instead of us sitting here talking about GrapheneOS, an Android based system, why aren’t we all talking about pure Linux based phones instead of feeding into the duopoly of Google/Apple?
Wonder if Motorola feels the same way.
They can just sell their normal phone. As long as the user is able to run the installer it doesn’t really matter.
During prohibition era, there was a brick of dried grapes being sold as a nutrition supplement or something like that, but it had a “warning” sticker attached saying specifically not to dissolve it in a specific quantity of water, and if that were to happen, do not let a specific quantity of yeast to fall in it, and especially not to let it sit for 6 weeks, or else you might end up with wine, which is forbidden!
I can see a cheeky sort of company selling a phone with a little warning label attached to it…
That’s probably not a viable economic decision though
mandatory age verifications on the OS isn’t a viable economic decision either, but that’s not stopping Media Matters and Meta from forcing their shitty anti-privacy policies on citizens.
Should still be a good deal for Motorola. There’s a bunch of folks now who buy whatever phone runs GrapheneOS best. Whichever company courts us gets our business.
I’m sure we’re not a landslide, but sometimes niche communities can still make a huge difference for a company.
Hi, yes, it’s me, I’m one of those bunch of folks who would willingly switch off Google’s Tensor crap modem to ideally a Motorola phone with a Qualcomm modem that can run Graphene.
If they ship with Android but confirm that GrapheneOS works, those who even know of GrapheneOS’s existence will put in the effort to install it themselves. It’s totally viable and a simple plan.
Why?
Lol. The US is not the only market.
And the US isn’t the only place pulling this shit.
I believe the US and Brazil are the only countries in the world forcing age verification. They chose to pull their infrastructure out of France bit there is no ban on the sale of devices with it installed.
Germany has been discussing this for a while now. So are other EU states.
It’s always the same. “We need to catch the pedophiles, end e2e” or “the Internet is not a lawless space, give us id”.
Well, instead of us sitting here talking about GrapheneOS, an Android based system, why aren’t we all talking about pure Linux based phones instead of feeding into the duopoly of Google/Apple?
If we want to avoid giving into age verification we’ll still need to be selective about the Linux. But we have a chart.
https://github.com/BryanLunduke/DoesItAgeVerify
Brian Lunduke, really? Is he still a MAGA? I don’t need that idiot to tell me what I should or should not use.
Good point.
It’d be pretty naive to assume that other countries wont follow.
I doubt Lenovo (Motorola) would commit to selling mobiles with gOS preinstalled if they really thought there was a threat to their sales.
Motorola phones will have both Graphene and Android.
Imagine if California then declared a ban on the sale of GrapheneOS compatible phones.
would be fun to see.
what the fuck is a graphene OS device
Google Pixels can be flashed with Graphene OS which is just a debloated, private, secure, opensource OS.
I don’t think a Google pixel is considered a grapheneOS device
When you put grapheneOS on it it is, and until Motorola releases their phones designed for it it’s the primary option.
A Motorola
Ig they are called grapheneOS devices?