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Google announced a new requirement: starting September 2026, every Android app developer must register centrally with Google before their software can be installed on any device. (i.redd.it)
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[โ€“] 9 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Already on /e/os on my primary phone, hoping to find time to try postmarketOS on the secondary one.

There is no better alternative than postmarketOS btw, everything else relies on Android or isn't fully open.

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  • [โ€“] 8 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    unfortunately postmarketOS just barely qualifies as usable, and absolutely cannot be pushed as a serious option yet unless people are okay with turning their smartphone into a feature phone.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 4 months ago*

    I have PMOS on a Xiaomi phone that's supposed to be fairly well supported. It's very laggy, freezes often and won't charge when turned on. I really want to like it but it's just not there.

    Lineage with MicroG for now. Next phone will hopefully be whatever Graphene and Motorola are working on.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    That's why it needs support.

    Linux desktops also needed lots of support before getting where we are now.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 4 months ago

    I don't think people hearing "postmarketos is good" -trying it- and realizing it's hilariously far from usable, counts as support..

    by all means support the project, donate money and for the 3 people who are capable of it please do contribute to the codebase! But that's not really what people are encouraging.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    What about Sailfish? Also using /e/os, but I've only recently started looking into non Android phones and heard Sailfish is Linux but has Android compatibility?

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