They will be able to degoogle Pixels as long as Google keeps the phone open source though there is this negative thing with the Titan M security chip which has a unique ID and it’s like the TPM for desktop computers.
They probably partnered with Motorola to be able to keep the project going as Google starts to lock down Android though I don’t think Motorola will ship any device without Google Services so you’ll have to reinstall a degoogled version of GrapheneOS.
For some reason they don’t want to port GrapheneOS to other devices like LineageOS does claiming that they don’t consider any other device secure enough.
I’d like to see some sources for the allegation that Canonical has ties to the military/spying industries. Everything I’ve been able to find directly contradicts that assertion. The AI summary of results for my search:
Military and Spying Industry Ties
There is no public evidence to suggest that Canonical has any direct ties to military or spying industries. The company’s operations are centered around open-source software and do not indicate involvement in military or espionage activities.
Summary
Canonical’s mission and business model focus on open-source software support, with no documented connections to military or intelligence sectors.
Brax3’s are made in mainland China by a “Chinese company”, right? What is the name of your Chinese OEM?
Motorola Mobility LLC ( Motorola Mobility - Wikipedia ) is one of the largest mobile phone manufacturers in the world, and as such, is a very well-known quantity. Can you say the same for your OEM?
Plamen made clear in another thread that Brax 3 doesn’t presently have the resources to keep working on the Ubuntu Touch port, and said it’s a community port at this point. Somebody who I think is the maintainer of the port of another UT device replied asking how they can help, and said last time they tried, merge requests weren’t being accepted.. there was no reply to this, at least publicly.
The UBports Foundation, which took over maintaining UT when Canonical abandoned it almost ten years ago, does not handle device ports - these are done by the community. I’m not aware of any individual who has taken on this device. To my understanding, unless some individual/group takes this on, or Brax 3 takes it back up, there won’t be further progress.
Many devices that run Ubuntu Touch are largely maintained by one individual, who is by no means working at it all that frequently. But the initial process of getting UT running well on a given device can take some real work, and I’ve never been clear how functional the Brax 3 team got things before stepping away.
So it’s hard to know how much work this would take. Probably not tonnes. But at present so far as I can see, nobody is doing it.
From what I have seen on the news Motorola has announced a partnership with GrapheneOS to produce a new phone that ships with GrapheneOS. Any web search should produce a lot of results. Rumors say sometime in 2027.
Yes, that was announced a couple of months ago. Will be interesting to see what actually transpires/gets released. Will still leave users having to deal with the same problematic aspects of Graphene though…