My explanation to a friend asking me if all applications work on Graphene:
No. Anything which requires google play services might not work. However, most services that require it can also be used on the inernet instead (like banking services for example)
As far as I am concerned, any app that doesn't work on graphene is not optimized for my usage. So I find alternative services (that app loses me as a customer)
The reality of our current state of affairs in technology is that the tech works for the corporations, not the consumers. It spies on us and can be controlled to block us from using it in ways which benefit us.
For this reason I do my best to only use open source software like linux, graphene, ect. This ensures that if the government, corporations, or a combination of the two decide they want to do something I don't like, they cannot do that remotely.
They have to do it physically, which makes it much more costly for them. Especially here in the US where many citizens are armed to defend themselves.
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