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As a #Linux user (NixOS + Sway) for some time now, I really like it. It's fast, it get's out of the way after the initial setup, it's super stable.
I cannot say the same for #GrapheneOS / #Android. Moving from #iOS, which was annoying and buggy in it's own way, i've discovered that apps are slower, buggier, and often have subpar functionality. The OS is schizophrenic about whether to show me things in English or Japanese. Takings screenshots, sending photos/videos is pain.
There are of course positives: Better custom keyboards, no LLM BS, more control over what runs in the background, NewPipe, split tunneling VPN, faster NFC payment.
But there are so many additional negatives:
No felica if the phone was purchased outside of Japan, app notifications not showing up unless you let Google services run with full BG access, Cannot copy and paste videos/photos in all apps, uses more data for some reason.
Most annoying of all: if I take a screenshot, the screenshot pop-up widget is in the way, and takes forever to dissappear. This in practice blocks editing the screenshot.
@Meowki When you take a screenshot, the pop-up that appears should have an edit option, you can then choose which app you'd like to edit your screenshot with. The moment you do, any screenshot pop-up has disappeared. You can download "Markup" from the GrapheneOS app store if you want a simple permissionless app to edit screenshots with. It's the same app that the stock Pixel OS uses.
@matchboxbananasynergy I have not installed markup, but there is already a stock app that let's me edit screenshots. The problem is that the screenshot 'dialog' takes forever to dissappear, in effect blocking interaction with the editing app. This is because it overlaps. No amount of trying to press outside, or even swiping it has any effect on the time it takes. I think it's more than 60 seconds.
@Meowki What is the app you're using to do this? Are you in the owner profile, or a secondary one?
I recommend installing Markup and seeing if that continues, because when I reproduced it, what happened is the following:
Take screenshot, pop-up appears, tap edit, asks me which app to use, tap Markup, pop-up disappears and lets me edit the screenshot with no delays.
@matchboxbananasynergy I am using the stock gallery. The crop button ends up below the pop-up. And if you try to press is it seems to register it as a tap on the pop-up up itself, which makes it stay longer. But it's no longer stuck forever like before, so it may have been fixed in an update.