Yeah, it’s a moving target for sure. For now, the devs seem to be very certain that AOSP will stay and that they will still be able to port GOS on new devices (although it will take more time and work).

If app installation is not managed by Google (i.e. if you’re not using Google Mobile Services or GMS), Google cannot block the installation of any apps. Graphene’s devs have confirmed themselves that this new measure will not affect their ROM

It does not block anything by itself. I use Adguard as my DNS provider and it does that system-wide. It you can also use a VPN provider such as ProtonVPN that does it

For american standards, you’re basically a commie, lol

For the rest of the world, you would be center-left.

The thing that would push you farther to the left or back to the center would be economic issues: you’ve only talked about social issues, but what about the economy and government?

• Should the government play a big part in regulating businesses?
• Should people pay more taxes, especially if they are rich?
• Should essential services such as roads, electricity, water, postal services, healthcare and public transportation be provided and managed by the government or by private businesses?

There are also some test online that place you on the political spectrum by asking you those kinds of questions, it might be worth checking them out.

OTOH, I kinda feel bad because you live in a place where there are only effectively 2 parties (right and far right), and chosing another one is going to waste your vote essentially. People like Sanders and AOC have a huge following, but they have no chance of success imho

It’s about surveillance. Federated services are not a threat to big tech since it’s so small

I’ll happily continue using my GrapheneOS Pixel since nothing will change for 3d-party ROMs :)

It’s not an e-paper screen, though. It’s basically just a regular screen with a matte screen protector on top. Not really impressive, if you see it live