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daveoc64 19 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Tell HN: PayPal blocks GrapheneOS

GrapheneOS doesn't give you root access.

The OS is designed to offer privacy and security guarantees, which root access breaks, so they don't offer it.

Aachen 19 days ago [–]

Having access to your own device doesn't break anything, they just don't want to be put in the same category as other FOSS Android distributions and play by Google's book so that apps will at least allow one open OS to work

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