PikaSim on Nostr: Sandboxed Google Play on GrapheneOS is the part people get wrong. It does not give ...
Sandboxed Google Play on GrapheneOS is the part people get wrong.
It does not give Google system access. Play runs as an ordinary app with ordinary permissions, so you can uninstall it like one.
Your carrier still sees the SIM either way. The OS was never the whole picture.
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2026-09-25 15:21:53 UTCEvent JSON
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