▲ 372 ▼ Google Restricts Android Sideloading—What It Means for User Autonomy and the Future of Mobile Freedom – Purism (puri.sm) submitted 1 year ago by excel24@feddit.org to c/technology@lemmy.world 91 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago (6 children) Degoogled ROMs are gonna be the bomb in the future. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] anticurrent@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago (4 children) Maybe you should curb your enthusiasm a bit. have you seen what it take to unlock the bootloader from most manufacturers? you might even need your grandma's birth certificate before you're allowed to do so in the future permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] kadup@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago Certainly depends on where you live. Unlocking a Samsung phone is trivial here. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) I am aware, but what choices do we have? I for one stopped using banking apps in my Android phone, not a big deal, we didn't have banking apps there pre 2007 right? I know not everyone can do it, but we can fight back in our own ways. And voting with your wallet should be an obvious statement at this point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago CalyxOS works with most banking apps, and is don't degoogled. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago Depends on the manufacturer. Ideally, they're forced to allow choice, but until that happens, we can at least prefer phones that don't lock you in. permalink fedilink source parent [+] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] anticurrent@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago (4 children) Maybe you should curb your enthusiasm a bit. have you seen what it take to unlock the bootloader from most manufacturers? you might even need your grandma's birth certificate before you're allowed to do so in the future permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] kadup@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago Certainly depends on where you live. Unlocking a Samsung phone is trivial here. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) I am aware, but what choices do we have? I for one stopped using banking apps in my Android phone, not a big deal, we didn't have banking apps there pre 2007 right? I know not everyone can do it, but we can fight back in our own ways. And voting with your wallet should be an obvious statement at this point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago CalyxOS works with most banking apps, and is don't degoogled. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago Depends on the manufacturer. Ideally, they're forced to allow choice, but until that happens, we can at least prefer phones that don't lock you in. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kadup@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago Certainly depends on where you live. Unlocking a Samsung phone is trivial here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) I am aware, but what choices do we have? I for one stopped using banking apps in my Android phone, not a big deal, we didn't have banking apps there pre 2007 right? I know not everyone can do it, but we can fight back in our own ways. And voting with your wallet should be an obvious statement at this point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago CalyxOS works with most banking apps, and is don't degoogled. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago CalyxOS works with most banking apps, and is don't degoogled. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago Depends on the manufacturer. Ideally, they're forced to allow choice, but until that happens, we can at least prefer phones that don't lock you in. permalink fedilink source parent