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It was the straw that broke the camel's back for me.
I switched to graphene OS just a month ago when I first heard about it.
I'm happy to report it was easy, everything works perfectly and the user experience is better. Full control, no bloat. Should have switched way sooner but I was intimidated by never having done any installs on a phone.
So I already have apps downloaded from f including encrypted folder. What happens to this fron September. Do i get to keep them?
If i do get to keep them are there any apps I should download while I still can.
Also if f droid is going to stop working but I already have it what does that mean? Are google going to outright takeover my phone like some IT department in a big company and delete and install everything they want on there?
Once this rolls out, the apps stop working. Google have said there'll be a process you can go through to allow other apps on your phone, but it doesn't seem to be available yet. Presumably you'll need to go through this if you want to use f-droid after the change too.
Welcome to Apple Inc
Can't stay on Android because Google is anti-privacy. Can't get a GrapheneOS phone because they're only compatible with non-repairable devices. Can't get a FairPhone or Jolla because I live in America. Can't get an HMD because the bootloader is locked.
Even e/os and LineageOS have security problems.
There is no good phone on the market, to my knowledge. You can't have privacy, repairability, and security all at the same time.
Can’t get a GrapheneOS phone because they’re only compatible with non-repairable devices
Replaced the battery in my Pixel 7 in like 30 min with an iFixit kit, nowhere near as imposing as I'd thought. They have screens too, the rest is mainboard, but that's nearly all phones.
The Pixel 7 requires a heat gun to get to the battery because it's glued down, and step 31 in the process goes over what to do if your battery is stuck even after applying heat. It's impressive that you were able to replace the battery without many problems, but companies shouldn't be adding unnecessary complications like gluing down the battery in the first place.
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Google+Pixel+7+Battery+Replacement/154680
Sure, glue sucks, but I didn't need a heat gun (or hair dryer), just the microwave heated tube thingy and the slicer tab. Admittedly the old battery was a bit spicy pillow which may have helped, dunno. If it's too imposing, just get a pro to do it.
Afterwards I got a 'chargie' which connects between the wall charger and the phone and lets you choose how much to charge it to, e.g. 80%. More importantly it lets you cut off charging when the device is over a certain temperature, e.g. 33C. Pretty sure the old battery cooked itself during summer, it was happily charging at 50+C, which is definitely not good. 2 years later and it still reports 99% health (although it mostly stays in it's wireless charging dock, so YMMV). Like that you may not need to replace the battery more than once during the 7 years of security updates the more modern Pixels have.
The new Pixel 10a is very much repairable. It also doesn't have this fucking horrible camera bulge that other Pixels have.
I'm looking forward to the Motorola and Graphene partnership. I may finally upgrade the S10 in still using.
I'm cautiously optimistic for that but need to see the specs and disassembly. Regardless, it's an important step forward for the phone industry.
Why cant you repair the google phones? Most of the common repairs are not that hard to do. I recently did a battery swap on a "non repairable phone" cost $30 and was pretty easy. Going to replace the usb c port next.
Which model do you have? A lot of them have low scores of ifixit.
Well yes. But gotta say, my last three phones lasted me 13 years and counting without requiring any repair. Unless you drop your phone regularly or sometging like that, I am not sure how important repairability really is.
Personally, every modern phone I've owned post-Blackberry has battery problems within the first year. I'd like to be able to swap out the battery when that instead of getting a new phone or dealing with bad battery life.
Google continues to stress that sideloading isn’t going away. Power users will still be able to install apps from any source they choose. The difference is that unregistered apps will require extra steps, while apps from verified developers should continue to install normally.
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-sideloading-changes-timeline-3679204/
Still scummy as fuck.
This is just the first of many, slow changes to close off Android and milk the userbase.
The frog is boiled slowly
I don't know why people downvoting your for saying what's actually happening.
Still a dumb decision that they're changing it though.
Give them an inch, they'll take a mile!
So I'll keep using F-Droid then?
What in the Apple products are you trying to do Google? Guess we will just dump you like we did Windows when they put 11 out and the Linux draw became too great.