I switched to grapheneOS. Fuck Google.

will likely switch to a proper linux phone, when they get to a point of being actually useable

please just make an android alternative

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

i hope linux phones succeed

I feel like that won’t be enough. Google is working on locking down the entire internet unless you can pass their reCaptcha with a verified device. See this article related to GrapheneOS and their reCaptcha concerns.

Sites need to stop using reCaptcha or we are all doomed anyway.

Don’t be such a doomer

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

It’s not going to go anywhere in my country, unfortunately. Not even a blip on the radar.

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.

Name one country that is perfect. What a shit comment.

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

Welcome to Lemmy. This forum is evergreen. If you don’t like it, go back to reddit, it’s more your speed.

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!! 🖕🖕🏻🖕🏿🖕🏼

I think the goal is to push it silently as a Google system service, rather than wait for manufacturers to ship an OS or app store update.

There’s a real possibility your phone already has Android Developer Verifier installed and sitting dormant until enforcement begins.

You can check for the package now:

“com.google.android.verifier”

If it’s there…well…

Yep, just reinstall the OS so that’s removed, and you’re unimpacted. Easy.

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No, it doesn’t come back. Google will not be installed by default.

I’ve never had it on my phone because I never add gapps when installing Android.

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Nah! If they kill it Linux mobile will get better!

the year of the Linux smartphone

Nah…we need digital divergence.

Dumbphone + tethering.

Let the phone manufacturers and carriers handle the “phone” part-with all the messy IMEI whitelisting, compliance and VoLTE shit.

The good stuff can live on a small Linux tablet.

No need to wait for the perfect Linux phone OS, working diallers, carrier support and all the rest of it.

The solution is already here. We just need to stop insisting that it all has to be one device.

Btw, do you know a dumb phone that can tether?

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