I hadn't checked out GrapheneOS in a while. Based on the current trajectory, in a few years it might become more practical to add play services back into GrapheneOS rather than continue to fight Google's android releases. I have been doing the worst alternative possible, refusing to upgrade. I was even considering of upgrading to an older flagship. I require a phone with a microsd card and headphone jack on my phone, so that rules out a new GrapheneOS device for now, but I hope that changes.