Useless for GrapheneOS then. I’m in the market for a decent tablet soon (on a LineageOS Samsung right now), and effectively I’ll have to settle for a used Pixel tablet. Orelse it’s Linux tablet time, which is probably nonexistant as well.

OP being what?

Bought a Pixel 7a for GrapheneOS recently. Wanted to buy a new Pixel tablet for the same. Too bad, no more Google hardware for me.

GrapheneOS is more secure than Google stock.

Whether NFC payments work seems very much dependent on what your bank app is allowing. Some banks in the EU have no issues, so you should check what particular payment system you want to use.

In general, chances are low. Some people use smartwatches as a workaround.

I don’t use smartwatches nor NFC payments with smartdevices. My bank card allows NFC payments directly.

Put GrapheneOS on your Pixel device.

I’m downstream of that (LineageOS, GrapheneOS) so that absolutely affects me. Worse, I expect this is the first step towards making Android entirely closed source.

This means I need a Linux tablet/phone next.

My new phone day starts with installing an alternative OS, so I don’t think so.

Just ordered a new 7 a so it fits the expected hardware lifetime. 335 EUR is somewhat above my phone hardware price limit but moving from LineageOS to GrapheneOS is worth it.

Luckily there’s GrapheneOS for the Pixels. I’m thinking about buying a refurbished Pixel since my Poco X3 Pro with Lineage OS is having ghost touch issues. The only thing holding me back is less screen real estate.

Indeed https://www.artberman.com/blog/lets-stop-arguing-about-an-imaginary-energy-transition/