They exist. But they don't support Android apps that are unfortunately necessary. For example, any phone without WhatsApp or banking apps support is dead on arrival in Europe.

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microtonal 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

WhatsApp and my banking apps work fine on GrapheneOS (and /e/OS).

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flaburgan 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Which is why /e/ OS and Graphene OS adoption is higher than projects such as PostmarketOS (now Nura) or Ubuntu Touch, even if they are already quite mature. I daily drove Ubuntu Touch for two years in 2019 and 2020, and it's the need of Signal which made me switch to /e/.

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m4rtink 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Sailfish OS devices have good support for running Android apps.

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CalRobert 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Once upon a time WhatsApp had a j2me client…

Though I see signal usage creeping upwards. Maybe just my circle

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eddythompson80 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Couldn’t the EU pass a law to require e/os/ to support WhatsApp or vice verse?

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fenaer 4 hours ago | parent [-]

The problem doesn't lie with e/OS/, nor any other alternative. Google locks down capabilities with "Play Integrity", effectively attestation for official Google approved operating systems only. If you aren't on the list you fail the checks, and apps (like banking apps) will fail to run.

	▲	eddythompson80 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		But it’s banking apps that opt into that. It’s not like Google is saying you must use Play Integrity. It’s a feature that banking apps are more likely to use. The EU could require banks to make apps for other operating systems.
	▲	tancop 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		[dead]

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seb1204 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

No WhatsApp would be a feature

	▲	reddalo 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I wish we would all live in such a beautiful world; unluckily, the real world is not as nice.