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I'm on GrapheneOS on tablet and phone running mostly/exclusively open source, so not affected.
How does this work, can you install it on any android device or do you have to specifically get a graphene device? Can you run common apps from the play store if you choose?
https://grapheneos.org/faq
GrapheneOS only support Pixel devices.
https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/10855-google-play-store-install
I think you can install Google Services (including Play Store) if you want, but there are alternative like Aurora Store that lets you download apps from Play Store without Google Services, but obviously you can't buy apps from it
the main concern is probably banking apps or some apps that require Google Play Services to run