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 Why use graphene over calyxos? 
 Support is not officially available yet.  
 Got it... But I just bought the pixel8pro on discount to degoogle a phone (ironic) and chose calyxos..... Was just interested in opinion on the choice between calyxos and grapheme... 
 Why did you chose calyxes though?  
 Saw a video where they said grapheme just anonymized data and sanboxes stuff whyle calyx gets rid of all the google.... Sounded compelling but I might be wrong or mislead... And also not that deeply knowledge about the differences 
 as far as I know, that's not true at all ! 
 Yeah this seems to be the consensus here... I already wrapping it up.... And preparing to wipe the device and try the grapheme
Just a nuisance is unhinging certain 2fa apps.... Bit planning to reset it until sunday 
 GrapheneOS and CalyxOS are very different. GrapheneOS is a hardened OS with substantial privacy/security improvements: 

grapheneos.org/features

CalyxOS is not a hardened OS. It greatly reduces security vs. AOSP via added attack surface, rolled back security and slow patches.

Compatibility with Android apps is also much different. GrapheneOS provides our sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer:

grapheneos.org/usage#sandboxe…

Can run vast majority of Play Store apps on GrapheneOS, but not CalyxOS with the far more limited and less secure microG approach.

https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm is a third party comparison between different alternate mobile operating systems. It could include many more privacy/security features but it's a good starting point.

https://privsec.dev/posts/android/choosing-your-android-based-operating-system/ is an article with more long form comparisons between OSes. 
 Thanks so much for your insight...  I all look into it.... After all I am open to switch.....