Will LineageOS, Graphene and /e/OS be affected by Google's changes to prevent sideloading? Is UbuntuTouch or Sailfish OS promising in the long term?

I understand that right now we are in a bad place, but in your opinion, what OS do you think people who care about freedom should rally around?

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[–] [S] 5 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Which alternative ROMs will work with F-Droid after the changes to Android go through?

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

    Any ROM with ships a degoogled version as an option as the changes are in Google Play. So e.g. LineageOS and GrapheneOS are not affected.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago* (4 children)

    Ok thanks, as someone else explained to me the real issue is that Google is blocking device makers from allowing other OSs to be installed (but oddly Google devices aren't among them).

    It seems fairphone is the only option right now but Graphene doesn't have a release for them.

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

    No, device makers are in charge of unlocking their bootloaders, not Google. Google itself as a device maker allows unlocking of their bootloader, on current Pixels.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    This comment said:

    It’s not the OS that need to be supported it’s the phone who’s manufacturer isn’t contractually bound by Google to implement developer verification for blocking installation, otherwise they lose access to Google’s proprietary suite including Play Store.

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