I'm So Glad This Great Project is Finally Receiving The Attention it Deserves!

Isn’t Graphene Android?

It's a stripped-down and much more secure version of android, yes. Google is optional and sandboxed on GOS.
- It’s just sad I need to pay a couple hundred bucks for a google phone for the privilege of deegoogling…

They're working on it though.
The thing is that, to achieve the level of privacy and security control they offer, it requires some specific hardware features. Features that, so far, only the Pixel line has offered.
- I would love to run Graphene if it didn't require buying a Google product
I just don't want to give the shitasses at google money to avoid using another google product.

"Canadians want an alternative to Android"

Graphene requires Google hardware

Dead in the water. LineageOS and others can be loaded to a whole bunch o'phones.

Graphene for some weird reason decided to grab the bull by the tail. First you need to have the hardware you want, then cones the software. The safest product out there is useless if it can not be used.

It's not dead in the water though. After weighing up all my options, I decided buying a Pixel and immediately putting GrapheneOS on it was better for my privacy and security than getting another non-Google phone, and going through whatever processes required for whatever de-Googled Android ROM on that phone.
I don't like giving money to Google, but when I weighed up all the options this was still the best course for me. Of course, this is just my experience and reasoning.
Besides, it sounds like GrapheneOS is in talks with other OEMs so we may see support in other non-Google devices!
- About damn time.
  They should have fund raised to have their own custom phone made awhile ago. Not only would it ensure better stability for the long term future of the project, but would rely less on Google.
  Of course, Google is still trying to stop all android custom ROM development so that's still an issue. But had they had their own phone made then Google would have to give them expanded access anyway.
  Hope PostmarketOS can keep on developing well, because ideally we can get something more universal that's not dependant on Android in the first place past emulating apps.
Take a look at the security functions the Pixel platform hardware provides. It isn't optional.

I have a second hand pixel with graphene, but what we really need is something that isn't downstream of google. If enough people switched to graphene so that it actually hurt google, I'm sure they could do things to make life hard for alternative android based systems.

GrapheneOS is Android though.

Why is this specific to Canadians. Wouldn't everyone want this?

**Conditions apply

There's also CalyxOS my guys