Defend from what? I haven't accused Graphene of anything. In fact I support the platform entirely.
You said it's s strange relationship. That's pretty accusatory. Please don't gaslight us.
There is absolutely nothing accusatory about "strange relationship". Is this some regional slur?
Dude I don't know what to tell you. Go look at my post history, I'm not the gaslighting type. I explained my reasoning. Maybe I just have to concede here that I can't articulate my thoughts the way I'm intending to.
GrapheneOS partering with any manufacturer would be just as weird. They cannot have a non-weird partnership at this point because they're a niche product. So whoever is the manufacturer that agrees to work with them, they have to sell that grapheos-friendly phone to ordinary, Googled people as well to actually make money. No manufacturer is a charity here.