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GrapheneOS will have extreme difficulty being taken seriously while they are "you need to buy Google hardware to run this" project. This is why GrapheneOS has a tiny userbase.

MicroG is a good compromise between deGoogling and having things work. GrapheneOS is not.

At the end of the day, I need a functional smartphone that can run the apps needed for daily life. MicroG offers that while reducing my exposure to Google.

Telegram works on my /e/OS device. I am using Obtainium to download it, but you can also download it from the website: https://telegram.org/android

de-Googleling is unfortunately not a priority for GrapheneOS.

My main device uses MicroG with LineageOS. It works really well, and I recommend it. It is a Murena phone from here: https://murena.com/