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[–] 58 points 4 months ago

Please try to avoid using the term 'sideloading'. This refers to ADB sideloading and the thing Google is trying to attack is the freedom to install apps.

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  • [–] 45 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    The delivery of my Jolla phone is also getting closer. Get fucked, google.

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Agreed. I already run Lineage OS without Google Play services, but the worse Android gets, the more I want to use Post Market OS.

    I haven't had a phone with Google Play services on it since 2019, and finally deleted my Google account in 2023, and I will not allow Google to dictate what I can and cannot do on my phone.

    Currently, since I use AOSP, they can't do it. But, if they do include something in AOSP to force, then I will have to go to a Linux phone.

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    I'm just waiting for GrapheneOS phone. I hope Motorola understands what an opportunity they have.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    I do appreciate what GrapheneOS is doing for android right now (I'm actually running it right now), but I just don't see Android in general having a great future as long as Google is involved, as they keep removing more parts of the OS and moving them to play services.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    I'm a bit lost with all the recent developments, but in the end, does this mean that installing from, say, F-droid or similars won't be possible at all?

    Sorry for the stupid question; it's getting harder to keep up with all the bad developments in the world.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago* (3 children)

    From the last time I delved into the news it sounded like third party devs could still get signing keys as long as they verify their identity.

    I think alphabet is trying to kill ad avoidance tools. That's my best guess on the economic motive here. If blocking ads is against their ToS or terms of use, and you can't publish ad bypassing tools, suddenly Google can guarantee their walled garden has more ads than piracy websites or porn sites...

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    I'm the same way. I use morphe for YouTube and YouTube music. Ublock origin on Firefox for web browsing. Ads are an actual vuln for your devices too since Google will happily take your money to distribute malware through ad impressions...

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    This is a crime and you are the victim.

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  • Fuck this I already run GOS but I don't trust Google, the second Motorola releases their GOS phone I'm trading this one in.

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  • I stopped updating my phone since march. Fuck google

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