Hi @rh-evolution, welcome to the Community! Indeed, I noticed that, too. Very recent discussion can be found here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30761376. GrapheneOS people often accuse the other side of bad faith which does not increase my trust in them. I admit that I’m no expert in security and I don’t even understand all their explanations sometimes. I guess they could make them more clear for bystanders…
I hope more people switch to GNU/Linux phones as a result 
As a bonus such people get freedom, which is not possible to get with Google phones.