This 100% And GrapheneOS isn’t quite there yet for day to day use. Banking apps don’t work all the time (unless everyone adopts #Bitcoin , it’s a necessary evil), support for Chinese or Japanese keyboards is either horrible or nonexistent, and geolocation for navigation is horrible (yes I try to navigate without it but it’s useful for unfamiliar places especially in cities like #Tokyo #Hongkong or #Bangkok )

It is in some respects, yes. But not in the freedom it gives you to do with your device whatever you want. And we're talking about freedom here. Not about convenience or user experience. Freedom.

I've been daily driving it for over a year. It's truly great for all my needs.

I agree, it's a great daily driver. I hear a lot of people mentioning bank apps... are those really necessary? I access bank stuff via web and use a plastic card if need be

My bank apps work fine on Graphene. I really only use them for depositing checks. You likely need to use the sandboxed google play services from an alt profile but they work. Most bank apps have more problems with you using a VPN than anything.