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> Not having root prevents me from taking proper backups that include app data

You can handle this better without root. GrapheneOS includes SeedVault per default for example.

> Have you ever had to work on a locked-down machine at an office?

Fortunately I'm the admin at work :)

> I don't need Google or Graphene to play IT department for me.

GrapheneOS is security+privacy first and "enabling root" compromises on this. Thats why its not recommended.





As I'm sure you're aware, SeedVault won't backup app data if the app authors have opted out of it. Again, this is an example of a system serving masters other than the device's owner.



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