• ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
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    18 hours ago

    Any phone manufacturer can do it and they don’t need any special deals with GrapheneOS for that. GrapheneOS would definitely not support Motorola making some secret changes to the OS before installing it so this news is the complete opposite of such situation.

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      18 hours ago

      GrapheneOS would definitely not support Motorola making some secret changes to the OS before installing it so this news is the complete opposite of such situation.

      I completely agree, I am answering the hypothetical you brought up:

      How would Motorola lock it down?

      I don’t believe they will lock it down, but you asked how could they do that. And the answer is they could easily do that, deals or not. I don’t think they will, but there is nothing preventing them from doing so.

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        17 hours ago

        Yeah, technically it’s possible. Technically they can also hire GrapheneOS guys and make future versions closed source. In the context of this news both things are unlikely though.