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You're not alone: This email from Google's Gemini team is concerning (www.androidauthority.com)
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Google’s Gemini team is apparently sending out emails about an upcoming change to how Gemini interacts with apps on Android devices. The email informs users that, come July 7, 2025, Gemini will be able to “help you use Phone, Messages, WhatsApp, and Utilities on your phone, whether your Gemini Apps Activity is on or off.” Naturally, this has raised some privacy concerns among those who’ve received the email and those using the AI assistant on their Android devices.

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[–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Looking at postmarketOS for my phone too, so sick of this shit

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    PostmarketOS is cool, but as an actual phone replacement it is tough, at least last time I tried.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago*

    I haven't tried, but I took a closer look at their wiki yesterday:

    • the Main (official) devices are QEMU, i.e. virtual
    • the list of Community devices is long, but whenever I clicked on something there were significant caveats

    IMHO they should focus their efforts on getting at least one actual phone working fully.

    I want this project to succeed, but until then I use Sailfish OS, btw.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I'm looking at a Volla phone https://volla.online/en/

    But I also have no experience of Linux in general yet so I have no idea if this is a good move.

    I just really want to get away from android/apple/windows on all of my devices.

    I want SteamOS for desktop, because quite frankly gaming is all I really use a desktop for anymore.

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