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Re:GrapheneOS says Pixel 11 has MTE support after all by timschmidt on Thursday September 03, 2026 @10:05AM (#49550094)
> Nobody is interested in reinstalling OS-es on their phones because the amount of effort to create an Android ISO that's as usable as what's preinstalled is truly gigantic.

You've restated my thesis.

> Yes, I am on the younger side

I could tell.

Re:GrapheneOS says Pixel 11 has MTE support after all by yaro330 on Thursday September 03, 2026 @04:09PM (#49556121)
It's pretty clear that you have an extremely limited exposure to the custom Android development space, since you never rebutted any of the points I brought up. Custom android was never easy and never will be. And it's fundamentally incompatible with the concept of having a truly secure env on your device (same as in the PC space, ironically enough).
Re:GrapheneOS says Pixel 11 has MTE support after all by timschmidt on Thursday September 03, 2026 @05:56PM (#49557682)
Son, I've been building and installing custom roms since the HTC Dream, was involved in OpenMoko, and have owned nearly every open or Linux-running phone of the last 30 years back to the Sharp Zaurus and iPaqs.

Your custom rom experience sits wholly within a larger category of computer systems experience about which I've been speaking.

The sort of fragmentation you describe is a symptom, not a foregone conclusion.

Re:GrapheneOS says Pixel 11 has MTE support after all by bronson on Sunday September 06, 2026 @08:01PM (#49592233)
> Custom android was never easy and never will be.

It's easy when it comes preinstalled.

> And it's fundamentally incompatible with the concept of having a truly secure env on your device (same as in the PC space, ironically enough).

Where on earth do you get this misconception? Custom Android != has root. If you don't think Graphene is reasonably secure, explain how?