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Apple as a future Graphene OEM?
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this post was submitted on 22 Sep 2025
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Apple would never agree to it, and they have no reason to.
iOS is a stripped down version of macOS, which is certified UNIX, whatever that means. They also claim to safeguard your privacy, though I'm not sure they've ever proven it. Quite the opposite, I think they've unlocked iPhones, handed over iCloud data for law enforcement, while denying grieving families the same privilege.
I think the best outcome would be for some privacy fanatics with deep pockets to purchase a smaller OEM that already has manufacturing down. The problem they will run into is how to fund it and how to compete, not only with iPhone and the big Android OEMs, but with the smaller Android OEMs that have the same stated goals, to protect privacy. What that might look like is a phone with specs a couple years out that costs maybe a little less than the big names, with the speculation that if enough people buy it, they will support it, but if not enough people buy it... they won't.