Lol I've been modding Android phones since around the time they were released. I was finding goofy exploits for service providers. It was the wild west. GrapheneOS has made it about as convenient as possible. A child can install it these days. They even allow you GPS and Store if you really want them.
Maybe I'm biased from experience, the any inconvenience in GOS is so minimal I can't even think of an example for devil's advocate.
Here's one, I accidentally nuked my phone back to factory once because of a bug in one of the security features. Or it was just poorly explained. That was a fucking headache. But things have improved since then.
I think GrapheneOS is still quite far from a convenient experience. Mostly because it confuses permission requests with privacy concerns. Permissions on Android don't necessarily affect the user's privacy. Focusing too much on Android Permissions takes time away from true privacy issues, like always-on tracking.
This gets into subjective territory. It depends on what someone considers convenient. I found stock Android far less convenient because so much shit got in my way that I didn't want.
Can things be improved? Probably. But if we just make it the exact same as the alternatives, are we left with an alternative?
Something has to be inconvenient to someone.
As for permissions, I've always had mixed feelings about them, but if they're there, shouldn't users be paying attention to them?
How does an application tracking location, accessing mic or audio not a privacy issue?
And I'm pretty demanding from a UI/UX perspective. The worst parts are some of the stock apps that haven't been updated much in years, but those can be replaced.
I use graphene, android auto was aids, banking apps don't work despite giving them all the special permissions possible.
Besides that it's smooth af
Many of those apps need Graphene to be invasive stock Android to work. That's on the application developer for demanding that Google control your device completely for their app to work. My banking app works perfectly without Google services and with most permissions denied. They gave me convenience without subjecting me to Google's cage. If that was nostr:nprofile1qqsyvrp9u6p0mfur9dfdru3d853tx9mdjuhkphxuxgfwmryja7zsvhqpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hszythwden5te0dehhxarj9emkjmn99ue6qm68 s main point then I missed it. I agree. But a lot of inconvenience comes down to application and service developer choices. Graphene can't fix those, even if it can be improved (it probably can be).
I interpreted it from a user perspective. Using graphene for more privacy but at cost of wrangling android auto settings for an hour
