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[–] 27 points 1 year ago (9 children)

It seems Google has been tightening control over Android in recent years and this looks like the next major step. Most people probably won’t care and the only realistic option for users who value software freedom and privacy is to wait until Linux or another free and open-source OS becomes a viable alternative. Overall a disappointing turn of events for the mobile computing space

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

    FairPhone with /e/OS by default is the EU answer by the e-Foundation

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    They're closing in on alternative ROMs with their fucking shitty device integrity checks, I'm afraid it's only getting worse. I literally had to switch back to stock Android because none of the e-government apps of the country I live in NOR two out of my three banks work on /e/. Literally impossible to participate in society unless I sell my soul to Google, sadly.

    I really hope we're able to fight back and win the war.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    That's sad, and so backwards...

    If they really wanted to make sure the data on the phone is safe, the integrity checks should be about making sure the phone is built from FOSS with available source code, that can be publicly audited and even the banks themselves could check it for security.. which should actually rule Google services out, not the other way around!

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Only available to people who can afford nearly an iPhone x3

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Well, it's not a cheap phone, but it's a phone for the rest of your life, it's full modular, that means, you can fix and change everything by yourself any component of the phone, no need to pay money to an technic workshop. Apart it offers also sys specs which fits the price.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    All this still does not matter if you cannot afford it. It is as simple as that.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Well, even if you can't afford the price for an FairPhone, you can use /e/OS or also LinageOS in your Phone instead of Android, they are free and full based on the Android code, so all your apps will work in these without problems, but without Google breathing in your neck, dictating which app you can use and which not. You can also use some Linux distros made for Mobile, like Ubuntu Mobile and others, but these are not so compatible with Android apps, despite that Android is also an modified Linux, so it's better to use the mencioned de-googled forks.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    mobile computing space

    I'm starting to feel like the Mobile Computing space died somewhere around when the Subnotebooks and the PDAs died and we've been living illusions ever since.
    It's the Mobile Appliance™ space now.

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