it will only cost them because China is already seen as the “bad guys” (not saying they aren’t, just saying what public opinion seemst to be)… I mean, the USA is literally funding, training and protecting Israel and nobody seems to care… how is that any different in terms of “especially since they are helping blatant war criminals”?

What will make China look bad is how ineffective their training seemed to have been

I understand… but again, strategically that meant they are as free from Google as Google allows them to be (case in point)

I am not 100% knowledgeable as to the history and mission of GrapheneOS, I checked them out trying to de-google. But when I found out that I must buy a flagship Google phone to use GrapheneOS, it immediately defeated the purpose I was trying to achieve

I just switched phones and I specifically gave up on my wish for GrapheneOS seeing it all but married to the Pixel line. I get that Pixels were popular but this was just a terrible decision on their part given the goal of GrapheneOS overall…

Honestly, this is like rallying against Toyota by only buying Corollas