• unitedwithme@lemmy.todayEnglish
    3 months

    I don’t get it, how tf they gonna stop you on phones that already exist?

    A. You can disable any new OS or device updates from Google.

    B. You can keep your existing phone on Android 16 or prior (hell, I’m on 12)

    C. Use alt OS like Graphene, Lineage, Iodé, /e/OS, CalyxOS (they’re back!!), etc

    D. Sign out of Google on your phone, install F-Droid or something from APK package on FF derived browser.

    I’m sure on brands new devices with that patch, plus anyone who doesn’t disable the auto updates will be blocked. But no way no how can Google stop us all!! 🖕🖕🏻🖕🏿🖕🏼

  • yucandu@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3 months

    A 24hr waiting period to use a competitor’s product has to be one of the most blatant anti-competitive behaviour in history.

    • FundMECFS@piefed.zipEnglish
      3 months

      I‘m curious I read the petition and didn‘t see mention of „24h waiting“ anywhere could you tell me what you‘re referring to?

    • aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3 months

      If only the founding fathers had written the right to bear apps shall not be infringed in an amendment.

      Oh well can’t change the ancient text now, just have to be governed by it forever. 🤷 (It’s a shame the ancient powder-wigged wizards that wrote the constitution weren’t clairvoyant.)

      • Bacano@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3 months

        If only there were some way to change the ancient text. Some sort of amend-sion. Surely our benevolent leaders would have figured something like that out by now. I guess we’ll just have to keep voting and hoping every four years

  • aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3 months

    please just make an android alternative

    I want a phone that isn’t a closed ecosystem race to the bottom shit phone

    • jabjoe@feddit.ukEnglish
      3 months

      There are, but the market is rigged by monopolists. And things like banks increasingly require apps that won’t even run on customer Android ROMs easily.

      The regulators are needed here.

      • lemmysmash@piefed.socialEnglish
        3 months

        The problem with regulators is that they a) gladly suck corporate dicks, b) gladly opt-in for the same authoritarian methods of population control, and c) gladly ignore common sense altogether.

        • karlhungus@lemmy.caEnglish
          3 months

          “a” has a name: regulatory capture.

          Regulators have in the past fulfilled their role, they’ve just been hamstrung.

    • rtxn@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3 months

      All of the alternatives eventually run into the same “Will my banking app work on it?” problem. The absence of a healthy app economy is the one thing that can’t be fixed by throwing software engineers at it, and it is what caused the death of Windows Phone.

      • Shumina@lemmus.orgEnglish
        3 months

        God I fucking LOVED my windows phone. Nokia body, windows OS, and no one fucked with making viruses because eleventeen people bought one in total.

        • Colloidal@programming.devEnglish
          5 days

          There was nothing Windows about that OS but the name. For one, it was great UX. I miss mine too.

        • xelar@lemmy.mlEnglish
          3 months

          Lumias before Microsoft’ acquisition were adorable phones.

    • realitaetsverlust@piefed.zipEnglish
      3 months

      I’m pretty sure that custom roms will remove that 24hr wait period from their binaries. Android is still open source and removing a check isn’t going to be very hard for them.

      The tech ecosystem is as open as you can. Use linux. Use SearxNG. Use graphene or other custom roms. There’s options out there, you just have to start adopting them instead of just complaining online about having no choice.

      • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3 months

        Not everybody has a choice. I’m currently on grapheneos, but it looks like I may be forced back to android due to national ID requirements.

        • realitaetsverlust@piefed.zipEnglish
          3 months

          If your country forces you on a locked down OS for ID requirements, something is wrong entirely. You should absolutely make some noise against that and urge them to allow custom OS. That’s a political issue, not a technical.

            • realitaetsverlust@piefed.zipEnglish
              3 months

              Shit country tbh. You might be able to get a cheap stock android device for your ID and your “actual” device keeps living the good life on a custom rom. Idk how feasible that is for your lifestyle tho.

                • realitaetsverlust@piefed.zipEnglish
                  5 days

                  You’ve dug out a 2 month old comment which already tells me you’re clinically insane. Leave me alone you freak.