Buy it now if you’re ready to make the switch. That timeline sounds a bit optimistic. Last I heard Motorola had confirmed they’re working with GOS on bringing a phone to market, but no release date has been announced, unless I’m mistaken.

It’s a great OS. IMO, it works better than most OEM Android OS’s, aside from a handful of quirks and a few app issues. I get that buying a Pixel seems antithetical, but it’s really just a hardware “shell” for GrapheneOS.

Even if the Motorola GOS phones arrive as soon as you hope, keep in mind it’s an initial launch. It may not be as smooth or stable as the current Pixel GOS experience.

Not if you live within the jurisdiction of the 4th Circuit. The court “ruled that a lower standard applies to manual searches, allowing the government to conduct extraordinarily invasive electronic device searches without any suspicion of wrongdoing, simply because the border officer chooses to search by hand rather than with a forensic tool.”

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/fourth-circuit-says-border-agents-can-search-your-phone-hand-no-suspicion-required

This easily goes both ways. There’s legitimate concerns regarding Chinese tech, the CCP, and their long-term strategy. I don’t know about stealing their tech, but we should definitely be keeping an eye on Chinese tech products.

While I’m not sure dropping Firefox is necessary at this juncture, I’ve had a good experience using LibreFox. Hearing a lot about Zen, though.

Check out Mozilla’s clarification: https://www.ghacks.net/2025/02/27/mozillas-new-terms-of-use-causes-confusion-among-firefox-users/

Thank you, I stand corrected!

I could be mistaken, but I’m pretty sure all donations go to The Mozilla Foundation. I believe the foundation is the decision-making power for the corporation.

Either way, yes, Mozilla sold their soul to Google (specifically, giving preference to Google Search) in exchange for sustainability (read: survival). Rather difficult to compete in a market where Google and Apple collectively hold upwards of 85% market share for something they provide “free.”

https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share

“Capable of drawing 28,000,000 watts of power” doesn’t tell us anything. As was noted, it should’ve been given in megawatts (28 mW) or kilowatts (28,000 kW). Clickbait aside, how many kilowatt-hours (kWh) does it actually use?

28 mW isn’t that much energy, relatively speaking. As of 2015, Forbes estimated LV uses 8000 mW on an average summer day.

The potential is impressive. I doubt it pulls anywhere near that. Unless I did my math wrong, this seems sensationalist.

Is there a way or an app to automate that?

Sadly, not to my knowledge. It’s an app-by-app process. I could see an Ansible play or similar potentially fulfilling such a role, but I’m not aware of any existing projects.

I use Heimdall and Portainer myself, and I’d recommend them both. Portainer is for keeping a visual on Docker and/or Kubernetes containers, while Heimdall acts as a “home page” / front end for your various web GUIs (incl. Portainer).

ldk, send sensitive stuff over e-mail or something.

PGP ftw.