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KDE supports the "Keep Android Open" campaign (keepandroidopen.org)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/kde@lemmy.kde.social
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#Google will cut off independent developers to #Android if they do not register with Google first. This will kill independent platforms like @fdroidorg@floss.social and severely impede FLOSS devs from creating apps for Android.

Many KDE apps are deployed for Android: KDE Connect, Itinerary, Tokodon, and there's even a test version of Krita for Android.

KDE calls on Google to reverse course and @keepandroidopen@techhub.social.

https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/

Spread this post and, if you are the maintainer of a software project with versions for Android, please join us and sign the open letter at:

https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/

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[–] 31 points 8 months ago (3 children)

We seriously need more alternatives to Android

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Support Sailfish OS.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago

    Sailfish is great if you live in Europe and are able to buy a Sony phone. I used it for a few years in the UK and I’d love to continue to use it in Australia, but Telstra has decided to disable phones bought overseas; Sony doesn’t directly sell phones here, so I’m out of luck😢

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    • [–] 16 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I really do feel like asking "pretty please" is not a good solution to this problem.

    I might prefer an actual Linux phone (provided it works), but I'd be more than happy to settle for Android that is fully divorced from Google.

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    • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I think you posted it twice on the community

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