The GrapheneOS Mastodon post says,

"GrapheneOS will remain usable by anyone around the world without requiring personal information, identification or an account."

https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116261301913660830

That raises the issues that GrapheneOS needs to solve, which may require more creativity than bold, somtimes combative statements.

If GrapheneOS doesn't comply with laws and regulations then they will sometimes be banned or restricted. If that happens, they may not be "usable by anyone around the world" for long.

That doesn't mean they have to capitulate or sacrifice security. They can find creative solutions, some of which are suggested here. The first step is to carefully read the spec to determine what is necessary, then talk to someone like the EFF, and find a way forward.

Better would have been a statement "If GrapheneOS devices can't be LEGALLY sold in a region due to their regulations, so be it." . I hope that is what they meant, leaving open the possibility they'll have a secret drone delivery squadron bringing GrapheneOS phones in to Brazil and other equivalent places.

Also it would be nice if, where Graphene has partnered with hardware manufacturers, then said hardware sellers could issue a statement like "$Manufacturer promises that in regions where GrapheneOS is illegal we'll leave the bootloader unlocked, if users choose to break local legislation then that is on them" and furthermore a statement like "$Manufacturer fully swears on all honour possible that in any regions which ban unlocked bootloader devices then, oops, we found that if you short pins 3 and 8 of the third chip on the left together at any time during booting you'll permanently unlock the bootloader and absolutely nobody is allowed to know that. Which is why we've posted this on every social media channel. Afterall, all our users need to know that they're not allowed to know that the bootloader can be unlocked by shorting pins 3 and 8 (third chip on the left) with anything less than 20 ohms (nobody must know that a paperclip would do for this)".

Nonetheless: Well done GrapheneOS!!!!!!!

The problem is the spirit of the law, not the word.

They wont break the law, they will just move to where there are no such regulations. This isnt a promise to violate laws.