FirmDistribution@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-216 hours agoAndroid will become a locked-down platform in 194 dayskeepandroidopen.orgexternal-linkmessage-square153fedilinkarrow-up1605arrow-down15
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minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-23 hours agoAs far as I know, it is still reliant on the whims of Google through shenanigans with AOSP, and of course having to use a Pixel. Linux offers a more solid and independent foundation, and while it is less polished yet, to me it’s the only real way out in the long run. Still, GrapheneOS is a big step in the right direction - hope it wouldn’t come across as me being against the project.
minus-squarefishy@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoYup, if enough people switch to graphene big G will fuck them over. Exiting entirely is the only long term solution.
Graphene OS
As far as I know, it is still reliant on the whims of Google through shenanigans with AOSP, and of course having to use a Pixel.
Linux offers a more solid and independent foundation, and while it is less polished yet, to me it’s the only real way out in the long run.
Still, GrapheneOS is a big step in the right direction - hope it wouldn’t come across as me being against the project.
Yup, if enough people switch to graphene big G will fuck them over. Exiting entirely is the only long term solution.