<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>MetropleX [GrapheneOS] ⚡🟣 wrote</title><author_name>MetropleX [GrapheneOS] ⚡🟣 (npub1gd…7cn8c)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub1gd3h5vg6zhcuy5a46crh32m4gjkx8xugu95wwgj2jqx55sfgxxpst7cn8c</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>Thankyou for considering GrapheneOS, appreciate that.&#xA;&#xA;While what people use is their prerogative, if you are looking at the OSes due to being concerned about security/privacy and that being a focus of your decision making as well as app compatibility/ease of use and installaton, the following should be taken into account.&#xA;&#xA;GrapheneOS and CalyxOS/LineageOS are much different. GrapheneOS is a hardened OS with substantial privacy and security improvements:&#xA;&#xA;https://grapheneos.org/features&#xA;&#xA;CalyxOS/LineageOS are not hardened OS, substantially reduces security. CalyxOS recently went 2 months not shipping standard security patches.&#xA;&#xA;Compatibility with Android apps on GrapheneOS is also much different. GrapheneOS provides our sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer:&#xA;&#xA;https://grapheneos.org/usage#sandboxed-google-play&#xA;&#xA;Can run the vast majority of Play Store apps on GrapheneOS, but not CalyxOS/LineageOS with the problematic microG approach.&#xA;&#xA;GrapheneOS also doesn&#39;t require any CLI (Command Line Interface) knpwledge and helps protect users from bricking their devices by using our simple click through web installer process:&#xA;&#xA;https://grapheneos.org/install/web&#xA;&#xA;CalyxOS is closer to LineageOS they both share the same issue above and they both always use multiple Google services too while giving them privileged access even if users don&#39;t use microG. It would be wrong to imply they don&#39;t use Google services. microG is of course an implementation of Google services. GrapheneOS doesn&#39;t use Google services by default.&#xA;&#xA;To clarify further they always use Google services even without microG. They use Google for connectivity checks, network time, attestation key provisioning, SUPL, DNS fallback (LineageOS only), PSDS (Pixel 6 and 7), eSIM activation and more enabled by default.&#xA;&#xA;https://blog.privacyguides.org/2022/04/21/grapheneos-or-calyxos/ is a 3rd party article explaining some of the substantial differences between GrapheneOS and CalyxOS. It&#39;s a common misconception that they&#39;re similar. CalyxOS is far more similar to LineageOS than GrapheneOS. There are many other alternate OSes available.&#xA;&#xA;https://privsec.dev/posts/android/choosing-your-android-based-operating-system/ is another article about privacy and security differences between alternative Android-based operating systems. &#xA;&#xA;If you have any questions/feedback though you know where I am, always happy to hear. Take care.</html></oembed>