Living with GrapheneOS: FAQ

I've used GrapheneOS for three years now as my everyday mobile OS, and I'm satisfied with it! In fact, a few days ago I put out a video about it:My most recent GrapheneOS video on PeerTube. If you prefer watching on YouTube, here's a link.Since I started using GrapheneOS, and especially since putting out this video, I've received a lot of questions- ranging from understandable concerns to misconceptions. I'd like to answer those questions in one place, so I have one link to share!Skip to your favorite question:Isn't GrapheneOS too hard to install?But banking apps don't work, right?Yeah, right, like I'm gonna buy a Google Pixel phone to get away from Google.Why is GrapheneOS limiting my freedom to install their OS on whatever phone I want?Why not use an unofficial build of GrapheneOS on an unsupported device?What about Lineage? Sailfish? /e/?Won't Android become closed off soon anyway?Why bother with privacy?Isn't GrapheneOS too hard to install?I first flashed an Android OS (what we…