Thanks for writing this up. I'm considering switching, so it's good to have these accounts.
Have you considered writing it up on https://discuss.grapheneos.org/?
Also, I definitely encourage you to make the switch. I really appreciate the added security and privacy. You dont give up much in the trade off. I have decided not to use any google apps, and I don't access the play store at all. There is a little convenience trade off, but I think it's worth it.
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Thanks for the kind words, but it looks like my problem wasn't graphene OS based. It was the protonVPN setting. I'm sure if could happen on any OS. I don't visit that graphene OS site often. Maybe I should.
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