Is it actually good? What trade offs have you noticed
Discussion
#GrapheneOS is just user-controlled Android. No training wheels. It's very good, but anyone coming from an iPhone is in for an adjustment period. Very little hand holding.
I’m fine with no hand holding. But can we actually use the apps we would use day to day more privately?
Maps. Pay. Socials. Would be my main 3
Maps - Yes, Google Maps still works but there are other FOSS options too like Organic Maps
Google Pay - AFAIK this probably won't work
Socials should be fine
I use maps to find places, but OSMAnd works great for navigation. I copy the gps coordinates over. Though it's not as polished as maps, it gets the job done without an internet connection.
Except for Pay, most things work the same. You have the optionality of trying different options of privacy vs convenience through seperate somewhat isolated profiles.