Comment by metadope

Yeah well there is definitely something going on, a coordinated effort to condemn GrapheneOS with faint praise (and outright scare-mongering). Here I have posted a video url I'd downloaded and watched a few days ago. It's TTS slop narration, but it makes an attempt to characterize GrapheneOS as a 'double-edged sword', because, you know, criminals. Just like the hatchet job from France.

'GrapheneOS Update 2025 Privacy Savior or Hacker’s Paradise'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCgi6bJy-qo

I get all my utube from the bash-prompt (and never have to deal with algorithm or see who is who and what else is there), so I don't know who posted this video to YouTube, but maybe there's more?

This could be a case study in an amateur low-grade half-ass influence operation.

On the other hand, it could simply be a grudge, a coordinated personal attack on the lead dev.

There are a slew of other videos by YouTube personalities who, at various times, seem to be disparaging the guy, including a very upset Grossman (right-to-repair guy).

Or hey, maybe it's just coincidence. C'est la vie!