‘Time for Linux phones’: Android protests against major Google app change in September grow as developers warn ‘your phone is about to stop being yours’
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Android is about to become less open, and users aren't happy.
  • ArmchairAce1944@discuss.onlineEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I got grapheneOS on my phone right now. Go fuck yourself, google.

    I will also do my damn best to make sure my older Samsung S23 doesn’t fall into that version. I have uses for that phone.

    • treverflume@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      Can you explain a bit more? I’ve had one laying around for 2 years and haven’t updated it.

      • eneff@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        8·
        2 days ago

        You are right to point out that this hardware dependency on Google is bad and obviously this wouldn’t work for everyone if everyone were to switch to GrapheneOS, but you can totally buy a used Pixel if you don’t want to give more money to Google.

      • ArmchairAce1944@discuss.onlineEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        Sadly I had to. But Motorola did support… before I got a Samsung I had a grapheneOS compatible Motorola, but it broke down.

        Motorola is starting to offer grapheneOS compatible phones or so they said, on the regular.