Sharing this because it’s one of the most promising Android projects we recommend on Privacy Guides, and it would be a huge detriment to the Android/Privacy community at large if this developer is no longer able to continue this work :(
Happy New Year!
DivestOS and the Divested projects as they currently stand are ultimately unsustainable.
My goal for 2023 was to acquire a grant to continue my work, I was unsuccessful.
Today I am announcing a fundraiser of raising $12,000 USD by end of February.
It may be a stretch to ask, but I hope you all have found sufficient value in my work to keep these projects going.
If it is unsuccessful I will switch to a full-time job and the Divested projects will take a backseat.
To those who have donated, I truly appreciate your support.
Thank you - Tavi/Tad.
I have used DivestOS on my Pixel 2 for a while now so I donated. Glad to see the fundraising was successful.
I’m not a heavy user of the Divested ecosystem or use the ROMs, but I’ll donate to keep the options healthy and encourage good work! I wish there were a couple more cryptocurrency options like ethereum and bitcoin cash.
I don’t use any of their roms or apps but will donate $1-5
Have heard good things about the project, and there’s actually not that many similar projects out there
Long live foss, we are a legion
We are supporting on site/translating or trying to build DivestOS on new devices but most of its projects, the base is being maintained by Tad
This dev is very important to the FOSS android ecosystem. I’ve divested an old phone and I love how opinionated the project is in regards to security. They are very active and take the project very seriously - when I submitted a bug report on github I got a response within three minutes!
Please donate!