PrivacyDingus

There’s Beeper and bridges like Heisenbridge which could do this work but the crucial question here is why? The frontends you’re talking about help to obscure you from sites on the open web; there’s not going to be much of a benefit to adding another party into your chats, which are linked to your phone number.

this, especially as graphene seems to support devices outside of when google would

Why? Google wallet.

I just carry physical cards. I don’t really understand this “every step away from google must be painless” attitude.

This would still be less secure.