▲ 275 ▼ Android 8 and above will become restricted globally in 2027 (media.piefed.ca) submitted 4 months ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ca 30 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] somegeek@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago (5 children) Will lineage, graphene etc. Still be ok? permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 months ago (3 children) I think its only google certified stuff, so anything else is completely fine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] nibbler@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 4 months ago (2 children) Everything else will continue working for now, but the whole ecosystem around freely installable APKs will take a hit on the long term. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) But the ecosystem for alternative operating systems will grow permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nibbler@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 months ago This idea gives me a little hope. But really just a little. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kepix@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago yes, both had an official blogpost about it. graphene has everything in seperated sandbox, lineage has a modified gapps or microg solution permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 months ago (3 children) I think its only google certified stuff, so anything else is completely fine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] nibbler@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 4 months ago (2 children) Everything else will continue working for now, but the whole ecosystem around freely installable APKs will take a hit on the long term. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) But the ecosystem for alternative operating systems will grow permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nibbler@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 months ago This idea gives me a little hope. But really just a little. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nibbler@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 4 months ago (2 children) Everything else will continue working for now, but the whole ecosystem around freely installable APKs will take a hit on the long term. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) But the ecosystem for alternative operating systems will grow permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nibbler@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 months ago This idea gives me a little hope. But really just a little. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) But the ecosystem for alternative operating systems will grow permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nibbler@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 months ago This idea gives me a little hope. But really just a little. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nibbler@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 months ago This idea gives me a little hope. But really just a little. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kepix@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago yes, both had an official blogpost about it. graphene has everything in seperated sandbox, lineage has a modified gapps or microg solution permalink fedilink source parent