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‘Your phone is about to stop being yours': anger brewing among Android fans as major Google app change draws near (www.techradar.com)
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[–] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

On top of desktops getting turned from the last remotely open platform into existence into locked-down black boxes fully controlled by Google if AluminumOS actually succeeds, and Google's positioning it in a way that it might just succeed, positioning it in between Win10 getting deprecated and Win11's continuing enshittification, Google could just severely undercut the cheapest Win11 PCs and the Macbook Neo and gain marketshare by selling AluminumOS devices as a significantly cheaper option than Win11 PCs or Macs. If that happens, and that tactic actually works and PCs and Macs get overtaken in the desktop market by AluminumOS devices, it's game over for desktops as an open platform.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Keep dreaming! Chrome OS and Chromebooks in general are nearly as expensive as actual windows PCs with 5%the functionality. Just go straight up Linux at that point!! Free, open source, EASY to install or dual boot even. It is far better than anything Google would put out.

    If you've never tried it, follow any one of the million guides for Ubuntu or Mint and you'll be amazed. Even Steam OS, CachyOS, ZorinOS, or other gaming oriented systems.

    I forget this isn't the privacy thread, but you can't just "hope" Google's going to fix everything wrong with Windows when they're doing the same exact thing as each other. You want to break free, you want functional, you want privacy, get Linux.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

    I'm calling AluminumOS out as the threat that it potentially is if it actually gains traction. If AluminumOS takes off and overtakes Windows and Mac for desktop marketshare, desktops will be guaranteed to end up being locked down like mobiles. I'm actually scared about AluminumOS and how it's being positioned.

    Oh, and I'm on Artix right now.

    ...you can’t just “hope” Google’s going to fix everything wrong with Windows when they’re doing the same exact thing as each other.

    • I'm not, I'm hoping AluminumOS doesn't actually take off and succeed because Google's gonna make things even worse than they already are with Windows. Like, at least you can still uninstall Windows, you can't really uninstall Android anymore, and if AluminumOS takes off and overtakes Windows for marketshare, that same restriction will be applied there too. Like I said, if AluminumOS takes off and becomes the dominant desktop OS, Google is going to lock down desktops like they're about to lock down phones.
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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    Ohhh OK! My bad, I misinterpreted that as excitement not alertedness.

    I've been deGoogling things at home already, and. DeMicrosofting as much as one can at home and work too. I've been relying heavily on Non-US tech a lot lately and got to alleviate some additional issues, by migrating away.

    It's really worrisome to think about the worsened mass surveillance than what it already is.

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