[deleted] How is what I said a strong statement when it's based on previous Pixel smartphones having been supported?
I'll try again. What if -- to widespread surprise -- Google decides not to release source code for some critical part of the Pixel 8 Pro? If something surprising like that were to happen, then a prediction based on what happened for previous devices could turn out to have been based on an infirm foundation.
I think we expect Google to do what they have been doing recently, and we expect the GrapheneOS developers to quickly port GrapheneOS to the 8 series, but "The 8-series will be supported" sounds more like a promise than like an expectation.