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[โ€“] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[โ€“] adhd_traco@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago

Explains the issue of google locking out non-playstore apps, etc. and also explains these links. That's pretty much it.

โ€ข KeepAndroidOpen: https://keepandroidopen.org/ โ€ข Change.org Petition: https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage

[โ€“] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

was it ever truly open? everything is a google service

[โ€“] seraphine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

like witty username pointed out, aosp is open, so other OS's like GrapheneOS are based on android but without any google services. the stock android you get though is not

[โ€“] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

unfortunately graphene only works on select devices though

[โ€“] kubofhromoslav@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

With higher demand comes higher supply.

E.g. my next phone will MUST to support free OS.

grephene was just an example there are others without google services. the point was that aosp is open

[โ€“] witty_username@feddit.nl 7 points 2 days ago

Aosp is open right?

[โ€“] bufalo1973@piefed.social 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Maybe the middle/long-term solution is to use Linux.

[โ€“] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, but we need budget (read: under 200) Linux phones first.

[โ€“] bufalo1973@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

I'd go one step further: the work phones first. Something like a new kind of BlackBerry (cheaper screen) that can be folded.