You can litteraly build and sign GrapeheneOS yourself and you can audit it, if this is your concern.
While in the chain of trust there is still Google Root key first, is this far away from "run any software they want on your device at any time, and even remotely brick it"
(and ofc you could also block updates on grapheneOS, which would also prevent this aswell)
And a black box is not something that you dont understand, applying that logic anything becomes a black box.
Also what setup are you using then ?
edit: and i mean i understand the idea of not trusting devices, but this is just a false equivalence.
While at the same time, if you dont want to live with technology from like 100 years ago, at some point do you have to trust a black box, if you want to call it that.
You can litteraly build and sign GrapeheneOS yourself and you can audit it, if this is your concern. While in the chain of trust there is still Google Root key first, is this far away from "run any software they want on your device at any time, and even remotely brick it"
(and ofc you could also block updates on grapheneOS, which would also prevent this aswell)
And a black box is not something that you dont understand, applying that logic anything becomes a black box.
Also what setup are you using then ?
edit: and i mean i understand the idea of not trusting devices, but this is just a false equivalence. While at the same time, if you dont want to live with technology from like 100 years ago, at some point do you have to trust a black box, if you want to call it that.