They'd have to make Android propiatary for that and that also means that all the contributions made to it by everybody else will stop. Don't see that happening.

They are working on their own phone which should alleviate a fair number of concerns with what Google might be doing to sabotage them.

Yes, please. The more users we have on Graphene the harder we are to ignore as a user base.

You can function in today's society just fine, it's just less convenient.

But the problem here is not only that you need a smartphone to begin with, but also one specifically from either Google or Apple. Having something else (like a phone with Sailfish or GrapheneOS or any other custom rom) also doesn't work.

As much as I'd love to rail on AI over this, removing backups with an api call? Excuse me?

If I have to get turned back into a baby in place then no thank you, quite happy with life as it is. If we are going back in time there's ofcourse ample time for things like doing the right investments and retiring from work before even leaving school.

And I can find my wife way earlier in life.