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Google's shocking developer decree struggles to justify the urgent threat to F-Droid (www.neowin.net)
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[–] 21 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Right now the only decently speced phone with mainline Linux support is the Oneplus 6, and the only one I can find is being sold for $2000

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

    There's the FairPhone 6, running e/OS, Which is a deGoogled port of android, running microG

    https://murena.com/america/shop/smartphones/brand-new/murena-fairphone-6/

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

    If f-droid doesn't expect to survive I think the whole stack /e/OS relies on might eventually collapse (microg, lineage, ...).

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    I dunno how viable it is, but linux phones with waydroid is a thing

    Also, I'd imagine that a small pocket of custom ROM amd root folks will still exist

    Come hell or high water, i will retain control of my phone

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

    Damn, I was hoping my Oneplus 6T was worth a couple grand. Nope. Someone has one on Swappa unlocked and in mint condition for $180. A Oneplus 6 is listed on Ebay for $130.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I think that's the one I have, but please explain what mainline Linux kernel means? Would it be about installing bare Linux instead of Android?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago*

    It means you can use the regular Linux kernel instead of fucking around with a custom kernel (like Asahi) or with some sort of Android layer (like Halium). So running whatever distro you want shouldn't be too difficult.

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