Not only that but I even set it up on my girlfriend's phone and she isn't a techie at all. She doesn't find it any more difficult to use than normal Android.
That's the real magic to me. All the security and privacy enhancements are invisible to the end user to the point where a normie can't even tell the difference from stock.
Graphene OS is amazing.
The main thing I miss is g-board and google maps.
I'm staying pure, which is a choice of course.
Yeah I have GBoard (with network permission disabled) and Maps but obviously sandboxed.
Personally it's a compromise I'm willing to make, yeah Google will snag data but only when I choose to open the app and allow it. Then when I don't need it I close it and disable location services.
(Vs stock Google Android which pings your location to Google whenever location services is on even if you use a third party app or it's just on in the background.)
I have been meaning to give OSM+ another try. But I'm about to move out of the capital city and into a small town so I don't expect it to be super great there in all honesty.
Thankyou for preaching the good word Father, Happy Easter to you.
Just for brevities sake however I feel it pertinent to mention that while at first boot, GrapheneOS defaults to what might be considered an 'unpolished' eg plain AOSP look and feel.
GrapheneOS has all the flexibility to be as polished in look, feel and behaviour as the standard Pixel software.
The strength of the OS lies in it's depth to adapt to the desires of the user.
I hope you don't feel this impertinent and I am genuinely glad that GrapheneOS has your patronage.
Here is an example of this, which follows my experience with family members too...
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