Can’t stay on Android because Google is anti-privacy. Can’t get a GrapheneOS phone because they’re only compatible with non-repairable devices. Can’t get a FairPhone or Jolla because I live in America. Can’t get an HMD because the bootloader is locked.
Even e/os and LineageOS have security problems.
There is no good phone on the market, to my knowledge. You can’t have privacy, repairability, and security all at the same time.
Why cant you repair the google phones? Most of the common repairs are not that hard to do. I recently did a battery swap on a “non repairable phone” cost $30 and was pretty easy. Going to replace the usb c port next.
Which model do you have? A lot of them have low scores of ifixit.
I’m looking forward to the Motorola and Graphene partnership. I may finally upgrade the S10 in still using.
Letting my phone bill lapse just to see if I miss it.
What in the Apple products are you trying to do Google? Guess we will just dump you like we did Windows when they put 11 out and the Linux draw became too great.
So I’ll keep using F-Droid then?
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You also get AI features you never wanted. Now shut up and be happy
Yes, dear.
This is the behaviour that brings you to pay multi billion fines in Europe
I’m thinking flip phone and taking an old Microsoft surface and putting Linux on it. I don’t see any other way to be old source where Google can’t fuck around with you.
I would do GrapheneOS, but I figure Google will find a way to block it or wreck it
cat gallows_first_time_template.jpg | magick - -annotate 'iPhone users’ meme.jpgWill graphene get fucked by this too? My plan was to switch over in September but I’m not sure if the changes mean graphene will be made useless.
My understanding is that no… not yet anyway. Phones with GrapheneOS are not “verified” Android so you can proceed to install whatever.
There will b .indirect damage with some devs likely stopping development as their userbase might get smaller still - if they refuse registering with Google.
And I guess there is a future when Google will start tightening the noose on Android itself, which will likely make alternate Android OSs harder to develop (though I know nothing about these things, I sense this is an option down the line).
I’d guess 99.9% of Android users have only ever used the Google Play store.
Elaborate? Surely there will still be some hidden option to allow me to sideload APK files?
I think there is a way to allow this - the way involves a 24h wait time
just look it up. google is rapidly enshittifying android.
btw devs that still develop outside of app store - going to start getting banned too.
Guess I’ll switch to graphene OS. Oh the horror!!!
