Sorry fid02, was interrupted in that email. I use Magic Earth. hehe sigh.
I don't have time or capacity, or even sufficient smarts, to update individual apps. I barely have time to set up something once, then I need it to update itself for the most part. I don't even have time for this thread.
This is your ocean. I swim in different oceans. If I have to update individual apps, I essentially have to drop everything out of my brain ram for the ocean I'm in, and then upload all new content to swim in your ocean again because I cannot remember it all, because I don't use it very often. It isn't my ocean. And, I just don't have the time and capacity to switch and switch back and forth, personally. (You can see the result of my trying, vis a vis organic maps gaf.)
If I can't, that would mean your average phone user will never do it. I have a doctorate level education, just not in anything computer related.
This is why I asked about the mission. The current mission states:
...to provide users with a highly secure and private alternative to mainstream operating systems by implementing advanced security features, reducing the attack surface, and giving users greater control over their data... It is a non-profit open-source project that prioritizes user privacy and security over commercial interests.
Not that my my opinion was asked for, or even wanted, but I can't see grapheneos succeeding in that mission without additional resources, or even a more complete mission.
ie, my (fill in the blank) opinion is that IF grapeneos wants to accomplish this mission, it will need to focus on WHO they envision using it. Who is supposed to use this??? That will sharply define how it must be architected.
You need to follow a model like the business model canvas, even for a non profit: ie https://www.strategyzer.com/library/the-business-model-canvas
To be adopted by masses, you are going to have to find a way to make it easy to install and update, and not just for the users, but for the developers as well. It is clear they don't have enough capacity, and without additional monetary resources, they likely won't either. To think it will change by doing the same is to risk the definition of insanity...
I don't see a way for this organization to truly succeed without raising money, possibly for the downloads and updates. However it is to be done.
But, if you are even successful in raising lots of funds, then greed and power and other interests will enter and the pressure will mount to become another M... sounds like gorilla. The only way to avoid that (my opinion) is the make EVERY LITTLE LAST THING, ESPECIALLY MONEY, utterly transparent to all. How much comes in, where it is stored, and where every last dime of it goes to everyone available at all times (except for info that would allow for bad interests to steal). Otherwise, you get mushroom management (kept in the dark and fed bullshit.)
As for me, guess I'll hold my nose and try the google sandbox for now.
Not to try and throw sand in anyone's eyes, but is Purism Librem 5 a reasonable alternative?