I'm probably going to have get a separate phone for work, need a few apps that I don't foresee working on a Linux phone anytime soon.
"The apps don't work on my phone" won't fly as an excuse lol, and I like my job most days.
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I haven't fully researched that topic yet but should I be safe with e/os?
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I've been meaning to get around to installing GrapheneOS on my phone (Pixel 7 pro) for a while now. I'll make sure my next phone has a LineageOS ROM available.
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I don't think the new changes will mean that all sideloaded apps are banned. We don't yet know how much Google will misuse this to make installing apps that they don't find "appropriate" even though they are completely safe a burden. The verification will probably be fully automated. Can anyone clear this out?
PinePhone?
What about Aurora Store and F-Droid?
You have to "side-load" those apps, so they will at least need to register with Google. Aurora is unlikely to be granted such dispensation. Apps that are currently only offered through F-Droid will also need to be registered with Google. I doubt they'll look kindly on apps like NewPipe, or AdAway.
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Well, I don't like throwing away devices I can still do something with, so I'm going to keep using the android devices I have until they stop working. After that, I'm not actually sure. I don't want to completely give up on mobile gaming because I do like having an easy way to play games away from home, but I haven't found a good alternative yet. Mobile Linux devices either aren't worth their price or, if they are, I have no way to purchase them.
I would just install a mobile Linux distro onto newer android devices but on top of the fact that you can't just install Linux onto android devices like you can on PCs, I've heard that, at least with some manufactures, that's soon to be impossible as well.
I think the only thing I sideload is AdGuard, and they're already verified. So it shouldn't really affect me.
I'm still against it on principal.
Buy my friends some real computers ig
Nokia still sell phones, better battery life too. Was curious about webOS or what ever it was that a few fairly low spec phones were using although not sure if that died off.
Realistically it would just become a device I have to have because of the stupid expectations of society, but I won't care about or respect it. Get the cheapest second hand one I can find and use until it breaks. Get a call/SMS only SIM, mine is PAYG but currently subbed to a monthly £4 bundle for unlimited minutes and texts.
Lying.
Lucky patcher will handle it, I suppose
Lucky Patcher still around?
It affects only people using factory roms and google play services. I don't remember the last time I used a factory rom, I've use microg for nearly a decade, (and I'm a mod of !microg@discuss.tchncs.de) and I'm not planning to change this workflow even when I will replace my phone, so I'm pretty sure I'm not affected at all.
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