Hyundai and Kia added official GrapheneOS support to their apps months before Volkswagen banned GrapheneOS: discuss.grapheneos.org/d/316… Pressure from Volkswagen customers on them can achieve the same thing. There's no legitimate reason to ban GrapheneOS so they'll undo it with pressure. Leave a 1 star review for Volkswagen's apps on the Play Store asking them to stop banning GrapheneOS. Explain it's a far more secure operating system and fully possible for them to verify the hardware, OS and their app on it if they insist on doing it. It's far more secure than anything they allow. Google has misled companies about what the Play Integrity API provides. It doesn't genuinely enforce having a secure device or legitimate app, it only pretends to. It leaves huge security holes open. It enforces Google's business interests and bans having a reasonably secure device with GrapheneOS. Most companies are unlikely to stop using the Play Integrity API but most are willing to start permitting GrapheneOS via hardware attestation with enough pressure. In addition to every user of their app on GrapheneOS leaving a 1 star review on the Play Store, multiple other steps can be taken too. Every GrapheneOS user with one of their cars using the app should file a customer support request. Keep answering them and countering the template responses. Escalate the request higher up. Tell them you want money back for the vehicle due to reduced functionality after the fact and insist on it. They can trivially stop enforcing the anti-security and anti-competitive Play Integrity API or easily add hardware-based verification of GrapheneOS. Link to grapheneos.org/articles/atte… in the customer support request, but don't add any links to Play Store reviews to avoid filtering. A bunch of apps have added explicit support for GrapheneOS due to pressure from our users. Our userbase is rapidly growing and we'll gain the ability to apply massive pressure to companies doing this. We plan to ship a feature for our Info app for people to opt-in to getting asked for their help. GrapheneOS is production quality OS from a non-profit paying around 15 people to work on it. It's far more secure than anything supported by the Play Integrity API. We have an official partnership with Motorola and we'll have more. Just counter template responses and insist on compensation or a fix.

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Guys I have a request. I have to turn developer options off in order to use Bluetooth. It pisses me off beacuse turning them off turns off great settings like Wifi non-persistent WiFi randomisation. Please add it to the basic settings next to basic MAC randomisation
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> I have to turn developer options off in order to use Bluetooth Why would that be the case? > Wifi non-persistent WiFi randomisation GrapheneOS has far better per-connection randomization by default instead of this toggle making persistent per-network MACs expire eventually.
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Would a political reason be considered legitimate? 🧐
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So Hyundai and Kia say yes, Volkswagen says nein. Maybe next they'll require your car to eat sausages for access. Good luck convincing them to join the secure side.
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Apparently Roblox did also stated their support in GrapheneOS and third-party ROMs, for their opt-in strong protection model: en.help.roblox.com/hc/en-us/…
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I can't wait for the phone to come out I wanna switch without buying google
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I really hope when Motorola launches the phones with GrapheneOS pre-installed this changes the minds of a lot of people and makes them think it is a equal operating system to iOS and stock Android.
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@VW seriously come on. I love VW and graphene is pretty damn good if you ask me. Get with the program. Your software is messed up as it is, maps come on they are at least 10 years behind in my area.
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Ok I give up. I won't buy s25 ultra. Screw Google & their new ban on side loading. Guess pixel 11 + Graphene OS still would be pretty significant improvement over S10 plus.
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Or just don't buy a Volkswagen, I had a Skoda once never again and will never buy any VW associated vehicle, Japanese or Chinese all the way...
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Too late. @VW sh@t the bed already when they fudged the software to give false data readouts whilst undergoing emissions testing. The pathetic excuse for not supporting non-google android ROMs just further dug their own grave. I'll never buy one of their cars now.
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In the latest myHundai app (version 1.1.5) it now refuses to open, even with exploit protection mode turned on.
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The amount of shitty/scam apps on the playstore alone should prove it has no credibilty.
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we shouldnt have to resort to patching apk files and sideloading them in order to remove this unnecessary control
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Rude of me since it's unrelated topic, but was 2026062300 released? Thought it was supposed to be out yesterday.
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You can load grapheneOS onto your cars system?? That would be amazing
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Time to make a graphene phone
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I will ensure none of my friends, relatives and bloodline etc.. buys @VW products. Why the heck they need our data despite purchasing car.
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@VW @VWGroup Wasn't data security one of the key arguments for decoupling from China? Why am I not getting it now?
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I will get pixel for your soft
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@VW u suck lol
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Don't give me a reason to switch to Hyundai 😔
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Ok guys remember that to "pressure Volkswagen use Tor and vpn, have fun and stay safe
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Done!
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From VW in a support ticket I created with them: "Please note that the use of the Volkswagen app is only supported on iOS devices and Android devices with supported operating system versions.On devices on which alternative operating systems (so-called custom ROMs, e.g. 1/x
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They know what they're doing, that's the problem.
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I understand and agree with the thought process behind getting Graphene and would have never have guessed that someone with that same thought process would buy a Volkswagen.
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