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Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 68 points 1 year ago (8 children)

The moment I don't get to run my own stuff and F-Droid, I'll be switching off smartphones.

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

    Dumbphone with tethering

    A mini laptop/cyberdeck

    A modern mp3 player

    A small, modern point and click camera

    hey gramps, where'd you get that gear, 2007?

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

    It's not a cyberdeck unless I have trodes and a halo, chummer. But some kind of netbook would be great.

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

    I'll probably go with one of the other roms on an older phone or possibly one of the Linux phones. It won't be exactly what I want, but it'll be better than their walled garden bullshit. That's precisely why I left Apple way back when.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Or we just... ignore them?

    LineageOS and GrapheneOS could just be like "well, go on, then."

    There's a market for everything and the FOSS and maker markets would eat up an open Android phone, even if the only apps you could install were community-created.

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