But AFAIK it doesn't work like that. Motorola makes a phone that has an unlockable bootloader, provides firmware bundles, etc., but the OS images will be made by the GrapheneOS team and they would never do anything like that.
(I think the misunderstanding is that Motorola would make the GrapheneOS builds.)
The described behavior would not happen when you use a custom OS.
I understand not wanting to give Motorola any money because of this, though.
True. Google does much worse things overall, but they aren't as surface-level scammy as this.
The tail never wags the dog.
Initially the project won't change, but it likely will over time.
But AFAIK it doesn't work like that. Motorola makes a phone that has an unlockable bootloader, provides firmware bundles, etc., but the OS images will be made by the GrapheneOS team and they would never do anything like that.
(I think the misunderstanding is that Motorola would make the GrapheneOS builds.)
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