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> it doesn't make sense to use NetGuard

unless you use any other phone that is not a google pixel running GrapheneOS

Which is literally the meaning of "With GrapheneOS, [...] it doesn't make sense to use NetGuard", isn't it?

LineageOS has this too, and it’s available on a fair bit of non-Pixel phones.

LineageOS doesn't really cut off the INTERNET access properly. Graphene's approach is more robust. I still wonder why such an important feature is not in the AOSP itself

Hmm, I haven’t looked much into it, but I assumed they both expose the same mechanism from AOSP?

https://grapheneos.org/faq#firewall

> still wonder why such an important feature is not in the AOSP itself

Really? Remind yourself who works on Android. Google have been removing functionalities that benefit privacy for ever, and then put half backed alternative buried under tons of settings.

I am well aware of that. AOSP still has quite a lot of contributors outside of google

Which company decides which contributions get accepted?

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