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I'll register an account and share my signing cert for y'all to use. I don't care.
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This will not apply to GrapheneOS, right?
It won't apply to GrapheneOS. It only applies to certified OSes and GrapheneOS is not certified because it doesn't license Google Mobile Services.
this might be the thing that makes me install it
I did so at the Weekend and I wont Go Back.
just last month there was news about some changes in Android that will make it harder for alternative distributions..... go figure
I highly doubt it
Man! These guys are literally recreating what made using Symbian a pain to deal with and what sparked its downfall. Even if it was somewhat warranted due to the legitimate malware but atleast you could still run Java and Flash apps with permissions just fine. Now the last reason to run android is basically disappearing and I'm kinda glad I degoogled my latest pixel as of late. But like I also hate that we are moving into an era where you cannot even control what apps are on your mobile device right now. It was already bad enough with the automatic opening of Google Play for sideloaded apps and now its only to get worse from there. Genuinely speaking android when it first came out was a breath of fresh air compared to symbian and iOS. It's kinda a shame that now it's losing what made it great to begin with.
So I guess my next phone will be a Chinese phone. Even if it spies on me, I'll have the freedom to install whatever I want from anywhere.
The Chinese have a golden window of opportunity. Let's hope they don't mess this up.
If I understood correctly they use DMA as an additional justification. Thank you, EU parlament.
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devils.
Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul
Or, said in the common corporate tongue, “embrace, extend, extinguish”.
goddamnit I JUST bought a new Fairphone 5 and opted not to go for e/os variant, because I was worried of incompatibility issues.
Guess I'll have to learn how to replace my phone OS in 2026...
Will, what's the point now? Fuck it get an Apple. Why not.
EDIT This is going to be the future for us. Stop sideloading apps, then lock the bootloader.