Unless they've recently changed the deal, they'll be selling GOS out of the box. That was the announcement two or so years ago, and so far as I know nothing had changed.
replyWell, they designed some handsets (one is announced, maybe there's another one or two) to meet Pixels / GrapheneOS level of hardware security. That alone is BIG.
replyThen there's expectation GOS might be sold pre-installed as well.
One obvious challenge with the distribution is: would you want to buy a phone with pre-installed GrapheneOS?
replyThis seems similar to wanting to follow the advice of "only buy bottled water on your trip to India", but the bottle you're buying has the cap removed so they could put a straw in it for your convenience.
GrapheneOS has attempted to cover this, it comes with an Auditor app that can be used from another Android device to check for tampering.
reply> The Auditor app uses hardware-based security features to validate the identity of a device, along with the authenticity and integrity of the operating system. It ensures the device is running a verified operating system with a locked bootloader and that no tampering has occurred." [0]
I assume that it would be quickly discovered if Motorola were tampering with phones en masse.
Motorola is at 5% of the world's market share. They fell really deep.
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