i will probably be able to customize android to my liking, hide what i dont want to see or just get used to it over time, but the out of the box experience feels like this:

you cant hide app text labels in the default launcher

the notifications screen is combined with the control center

some ui elements dont fit properly in their containers (e.g. truncated text like "dont distu..."), and spacing can feel off

there is unnecessary reflow, opening a simple app like the calculator i can actually see the ui rendering piece by piece

the interface sometimes feels like its built from mismatched lego blocks that dont always fit together cleanly

adaptive brightness reacts too quickly, with noticeable abrupt changes

scrolling feels less natural (though i will probably get used to it in a few days)

built in apps lack consistency, there are too many different implementations of the same ui elements, like context menus

i get that the android ecosystem gives developers more freedom, and that is exactly why im using grapheneos, but the trade off is a less cohesive, consistent ui