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Re:Volkswagen started blocking GrapheneOS users by SapporoChris on Thursday June 18, 2026 @02:34AM (#48581566)
I wonder what a Venn Diagram of people that use GrapheneOS and people that wish to purchase a Volkswagen vehicle looks like. As of April 2026, the operating system had approximately 400K active users. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GrapheneOS

I wish that Volkswagen would care about this, but I suspect they have little incentive to do so.

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Re:Volkswagen started blocking GrapheneOS users by thiht on Thursday June 18, 2026 @04:41AM (#48582575)
Volkswagen has a 10% market share in Europe (25% if you consider the whole group: Audi, Cupra, etc.)

Assuming 25% (might be overinflated) of GrapheneOS are European, that’s 10000 European GrapheneOS users who would buy a Volkswagen car (assuming an unbiased distribution of GrapheneOS users, which is probably not the case though).

I don’t think Volkswagen is in a strong position to say they don’t care about 10000 sales in Europe only.

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Re:Volkswagen started blocking GrapheneOS users by SapporoChris on Thursday June 18, 2026 @07:28AM (#48583775)
Good point. I wasn't considering the different concentrations of interests by area.
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Re:Volkswagen started blocking GrapheneOS users by theandrewbailey on Thursday June 18, 2026 @07:39AM (#48583886)
That number might grow substantially when Motorola releases GrapheneOS phones.
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