A question that has been on my mind lately concerns the future of GrapheneOS. Today the project is possible thanks to AOSP being open-source and Google pixel having the ability to run a custom OS. As Googles main revenue is data mining and advertising, GrapheneOS imposes a direct threat to their whole business model. At the moment GOS has a minimal user base compared to stock Android. But since it's growing fast and there is a strive to expand (not in an economic way ofc), could there be a risk that Google will try to interfere or stop it?
For example, could Google decide to lock their phones to prevent custom OS being installed? What would happen then? Or could they make future Android releases proprietary, ditching the open-source project? We've seen how Google tries to limit ad-blocking in the Chromium browser with MV3. Could something similar happen to GOSP, making it harder to maintain privacy?
I'd love to hear about your thoughts on this. Is this really a concern? How does the team view the future of the project and these concerns?
(My knowledge is limited, so I'll be glad to have any misinformation corrected)