▲ 290 ▼ Users are now getting Android's convoluted sideloading process, and everyone hates it (www.androidauthority.com) submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ca 55 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 77 points 1 month ago (11 children) Android is becoming garbage. permalink fedilink source hideshow 11 child comments replies: [–] kylian0087@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child) Yeah Lets hope linux phones pick up speed because of this. Having a fully free and open os for mobile would be great but I fear it is still a few years away. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] erebion@news.erebion.eu 35 points 1 month ago It's rapidly getting better. What we need are phones with hardware that has full mainline kernel support. That way distros would just have to ship a dwvice tree file if that is not upstream yet, not a completely custom kernel with hundreds of patches that becomes trash shortly after buying due to lack of updates. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mintiefresh@piefed.ca 13 points 1 month ago It definitely has gotten worse with every update for awhile. They keep taking things that made Android great away. We need an alternative. Linux to the rescue I dare say. permalink fedilink source parent [–] inari@piefed.zip 18 points 1 month ago (2 children) pmOS on Fairphone 6 can't come fast enough permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago I can’t wait for the stable release! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago Now if only there were used fairphones on the market ;_; permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 9 points 1 month ago (2 children) Happy lemmy anniversary, its always lovely to see you around sunshine :) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Thank you Cris! Here’s to 2 years! Have a slice of the cake! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 2 points 1 month ago Ooooh cake ☺️☺️ Have a wonderful day/night! ❤️ permalink fedilink source parent [–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 9 points 1 month ago 🌍🧑🚀🔫 permalink fedilink source parent [–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago indeed , it's becoming Apple. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kylian0087@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child) Yeah Lets hope linux phones pick up speed because of this. Having a fully free and open os for mobile would be great but I fear it is still a few years away. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] erebion@news.erebion.eu 35 points 1 month ago It's rapidly getting better. What we need are phones with hardware that has full mainline kernel support. That way distros would just have to ship a dwvice tree file if that is not upstream yet, not a completely custom kernel with hundreds of patches that becomes trash shortly after buying due to lack of updates. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] erebion@news.erebion.eu 35 points 1 month ago It's rapidly getting better. What we need are phones with hardware that has full mainline kernel support. That way distros would just have to ship a dwvice tree file if that is not upstream yet, not a completely custom kernel with hundreds of patches that becomes trash shortly after buying due to lack of updates. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mintiefresh@piefed.ca 13 points 1 month ago It definitely has gotten worse with every update for awhile. They keep taking things that made Android great away. We need an alternative. Linux to the rescue I dare say. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] inari@piefed.zip 18 points 1 month ago (2 children) pmOS on Fairphone 6 can't come fast enough permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago I can’t wait for the stable release! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago Now if only there were used fairphones on the market ;_; permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago I can’t wait for the stable release! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago Now if only there were used fairphones on the market ;_; permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 9 points 1 month ago (2 children) Happy lemmy anniversary, its always lovely to see you around sunshine :) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Thank you Cris! Here’s to 2 years! Have a slice of the cake! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 2 points 1 month ago Ooooh cake ☺️☺️ Have a wonderful day/night! ❤️ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Thank you Cris! Here’s to 2 years! Have a slice of the cake! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 2 points 1 month ago Ooooh cake ☺️☺️ Have a wonderful day/night! ❤️ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 2 points 1 month ago Ooooh cake ☺️☺️ Have a wonderful day/night! ❤️ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago indeed , it's becoming Apple. permalink fedilink source parent