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Roblox Officially Supports GrapheneOS

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Re: Roblox Officially Supports GrapheneOS

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Post by calmingsolitude »

annzabelle wrote: post #20
malmeloo wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the issue with RCS and camera apps? RCS works (from what i've heard) and you get the same image quality as on stock if you install the pixel camera app. Not sure about that other feature you mentioned, but you can always revert back to stock if you don't like GOS. Restoring a backup is easier than it's ever been nowadays :-).

My understanding was that you have to install google messages to get RCS to work and on google's end it gets finicky about device ids. I read a couple blogs where people found RCS to be really unstable on GrapheneOS even with a couple workarounds. If I'm going to have to install a bunch of google products onto my phone anyways, I don't buy the benefits as much. I also had a recent experience being shaken down by a bo…

Basically all of Graphene's RCS issues have been fixed[0]. Additionally, your stance seems somewhat unusual - GrapheneOS isn't only meant to be used by people that have "something to hide". As for explaining it to border guard - it's just Android - if you're unlocking your phone for them anyway, they definitely shouldn't care about what flavor of Android you're running, whether it's LineageOS, ColorOS, GrapheneOS, etc.

Of course, there might be more nuance to your situation than I am privy to, but almost everyone travels, and I'd heavily hope that being stopped at the border isn't the reason keeping them away from Graphene.

[0] stickied comment on https://www.reddit.com/r/GrapheneOS/comments/1pceh1t/am_i_th...

Re: Roblox Officially Supports GrapheneOS

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Post by x3cca »

unleaded wrote: post #3
jkahrs595 wrote: post #2

Seems ridiculous, but when their biggest rival can’t be bothered to support Linux… you see why they might announce something like this.

Who's their biggest rival? Roblox doesn't support Linux either.

They're 60% of the North American game's industry revenue growth. Their rival is negative stock market sentiment. They need to pull out all the stops to prove growth.

Re: Roblox Officially Supports GrapheneOS

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Post by realusername »

snvzz wrote: post #35

However, if on LineageOS, which mind you is the only way to get updated (and thus safer) android versions in many devices, they simply block you. Awful.

The announcement is very funny in that regard, devices with last update in 2023 like the Galaxy S10 are still ok despite having every root exploit under the sun available but god forbid you want to update it to the last version

Re: Roblox Officially Supports GrapheneOS

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Post by TranquilMarmot »

annzabelle wrote: post #16
jordand wrote: post #7

Makes sense for them to support this given their scale. I wouldn't be surprised if GrapheneOS secures another big Android OEM vendor (after Motorola Mobility) and the user base of the OS quickly grows from its current 400k+ to millions.

I've been looking into GrapheneOS as a longtime Pixel user who is thinking of becoming a bit more security conscious. But, looking around at its current state RE: RCS and camera apps, I think it makes the most sense to stick with stock Android. I also have a really niche feature I rely on daily (letting me "wifi call" from one sim over the data line of the other sim), and it's really hard to tell if GrapheneOS suppor…

I did have RCS issues with GrapheneOS (on T-Mobile in the US) for a while, but at some point that was fixed and it works flawlessly now.

As for camera apps, the stock GrapheneOS camera app is a bit clunky, I just download the stock Android "Camera" off of the Play Store...

Re: Roblox Officially Supports GrapheneOS

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Post by charcircuit »

a2128 wrote: post #10
jkahrs595 wrote: post #2

Seems ridiculous, but when their biggest rival can’t be bothered to support Linux… you see why they might announce something like this.

Roblox has a long history of not supporting Linux, and the game was rendered unplayable for many years. In 2022 it became possible following some Wine patches, but then they began to implement a kernel-level anticheat. Roblox initially committed to keeping Wine working but suddenly went back on that and blocked it without notice. Today, the last remaining way is through running the Android version of the game through…

The TFA explains that it is up to game to decide if they want to use attestation.

Re: Roblox Officially Supports GrapheneOS

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Post by Moomoomoo309 »

Cider9986 wrote: post #33
AppAttestationz wrote: post #32

Truth be told, GrapheneOS is the only third party ROM that bothers to make app attestation work.

It's not a ROM it's an OS.

ROM is to android what distro is to Linux. The term is used correctly here. An android ROM could refer to the stock OS, GrapheneOS, LineageOS, Pixel Experience, etc.

Re: Roblox Officially Supports GrapheneOS

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Post by ChocolateGod »

jkahrs595 wrote: post #6
unleaded wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Who's their biggest rival? Roblox doesn't support Linux either.

Let me rephrase, it doesn’t actively oppose Linux like Fortnite does. Roblox absolutely can run on Linux, even though it’s not officially supported.

Fortnite doesn't actively oppose Linux, compared to Roblox cheating which keeps a lot of logic on the server, cheating on Fortnite on the client has a more bigger impact.

Unfortunately there's no way to properly ship a kernel level anti-cheat on Linux right now and none of the mainstream distros ship with any kind of attestation or OS verification out the box like Android does.

SteamOS could change it here though, we'll see. I don't have much hope given the thing doesn't even use Secure Boot by default.

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