Well, I can’t speak for everyone else, but I can’t go back because they don’t sell any small phones.

I picked the Pixel 8 because:

it runs GrapheneOS

It was a little smaller than the Pixel 8 Pro

If there was a smaller version available, I would’ve gotten that instead.

I’ve been using the “A” branch of the Pixel line for years now.

But I use CalyxOS so I guess you and I have to be enemies now. My name is Inigo Montoya, you use a different OS, prepare to die.

Ah man… I just installed graphene to try it … (turns around and runs)

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Seriously though, would be nice if they could get along and share code and efforts, I’d love to try a graphene-hardened OS with sandboxed microg (instead of gsf) and datura firewall :) Maybe even have the option to have microg in one profile and google play in another. One can dream

Graphene and Calyx are two different paths to two different destinations. Graphene is for security, Calyx is for privacy.