@TCB13 they are 2 different beasts, for sure, and I certainly am more inclined towards GrapheneOS's road to privacy. However, the alternative of keeping the stock OS because "Micay this or that" argumented by some people is worse than actually using something else, such as Calyx.
I believe that any move towards removing as much Google as possible from our lives is worth it, and we should be glad that there are options, unlike in the iOS world.