What I hope is that they lose Android to the anti trust lawsuit they're currently in

Personally I don't think the side loading will kill them. It'll happen and nothing will change.

Perhaps the ai bubble burst could damage them enough, but they are way to big of a monopoly to fall. And android alternatives still scare people as unlike PC, you may brick your phone, or be locked out of apps due to play services

I still hate that they started using "AI" to control display brightness. Since then I constantly have to change my brightness and it still somehow manages to always get it wrong.

I am sorry to be that guy, but think about switching to another Android ROM (like GrapheneOS) or a Linux phone.

Android will only get worse from here, the Roms and Linux will get better.

They've embedded it into everything, so the next step will be to make everything virtually unusable without the AI subscription. You won't have a choice if you continue using Google Android devices.

Just in time, several alternative OSs are starting to come of age where they're actually usable for most. Google will push users right into their hands.

The next few years in Androidland ought to be interesting.

My Pixel runs Graphene. Haven't seen any unwanted AI intrusions.

Either the incessant ads for AI integrations that you'll eventually be willing to pay to get rid of, or the ecological devastation of it all. Take your bet on which'll happen first

Jolla Community phone for me. Pain, and suffering and probably a substandard experience so that in a year or two folks like you will have something capable to run too! Wish me luck!

I am waiting for motorola and grapheneOS to release something.

I think many of us feel stuck, because the choices for smartphone operating systems are indeed limited.

As for me, it’s clear that Google is making it harder for people to develop and install Android apps. Google wants to ensure that it remains in control and that no one can escape from GApps and Gemini.

The only way to stop this is to break up Google. Or to fund smartphone OS project other than Android, however, that would take years.

I have a Huawei tablet that updated to Harmony os. It's de-,googled by default. It can use stores like Aurora, Fdroid, etc. The thing is like 5 years old and runs beautifully. If I need to check Google mail, I open Firefox. YouTube? Firefox.

I have gbix, or some other containerized Google services, but haven't used it online a couple of years.

The only thing that I'm not too happy about is governance of Harmony OS, being Chinese and all, but I don't use it for any sensitive stuff like banks etc.

Huawei hardware is really top tier, BTW