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RE: https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116159602850585685

Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS Foundation.

Mar 2 at 5:38pmWeb
Show threadThibaultmol 🌈Mar 2
@nixCraft which i find very weird considering that Motorola has a pretty shit track record when it comes to delivering android updates.. which you know.... is pretty important to android security which grapheneOS claims they care about... so those two together feels kinda weird
Show threadSnuffleupadonMar 2
@thibaultmol @nixCraft but graphene regularly ships updates. They are the solution in my mind. This partnership would unblock graphene from a lot of Google's AOSP shenanigans if I'm following everything. Seems like a win win.
Show threadThibaultmol 🌈Mar 2
@Unsightly3055 @nixCraft i mean... Maybe.... But most other Android manufacturers are able to ship updates and reasonable time periods, is your specifically that Motorola hasn't been doing there and specifically for their budget phones.
Which I call negligence
Show threadSnuffleupadonMar 2
@thibaultmol @nixCraft yeah, that may be the case for Motorola now. If GrapheneOS is responsible for the OS then it shouldn't be an issue for the devices they cover. I mean, we don't know what the division of labor will be, maybe Motorola has some other structural issues. Based on what I've seen of graphene though, they're a pretty buttoned up organization. I would be surprised if they chose poorly.
Show threadCreggMar 2
@nixCraft well, it'll be nice to finally have options besides the Google Pixel
Show threadbennyMar 2
@nixCraft man do I dislike Motorola's hardware.
Show threadSchmakerMar 2
@nixCraft Nice! Now, do the Droid 5 and I'm all yours! 😀
Show threadJanusMar 2
@nixCraft my Fairphone is bought with Murena e/Os preinstalled. I think most stuff works off the shelf and updates arrive directly from Murena.
Show threadaceryzMar 2
@nixCraft please please PLEASE make a phone with a sliding qwerty keyboard while you're at it...
Show threadRamnarayan KalyanaramanMar 2

@nixCraft Go Moto

@amenonsen See

Show threadmuslumanMar 2
@nixCraft their parent company is problematic because of their support for Israel, but okay
Show threadQuiet ObserverMar 3
@nixCraft I’m really looking forward to seeing Motorola create a smartphone built for GrapheneOS. I’ve been wanting to move away from Google Pixel and the broader Google ecosystem—especially since the whole point of GrapheneOS is security, privacy, and distancing yourself from Google Play services. Motorola has been around for a very long time, and the timing of this partnership feels right. I’m genuinely excited to see what privacy-focused devices they’ll be creating in the future.
Show threadetMar 5
@nixCraft does this mean there will be Motorola phones w/ GrapheneOS any time soon?