▲ 1320 ▼ The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software (hackaday.com) submitted 1 year ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 394 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Yeahboy92@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (2 children) GrapheneOS works well. But only on pixel devices. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Dumhuvud@programming.dev 31 points 1 year ago Ironic that you need a Google smartphone, isn't it? permalink fedilink source parent [–] humanoidchaos@lemmy.cif.su 13 points 1 year ago (1 child) That's unfortunately a dealbreaker for me. I have a free phone from some company I've never heard of and I don't plan on buying a new one. Hopefully we will see more progress on mobile operating systems in the coming years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 year ago Unfortunately, things are heading in the opposite direction. The number of phones you can install other os's on is dwindling by the day. Even the phones designed solely for this purpose are failing to capture enough market to remain sustainable. The OS's are getting there by leaps and bounds, but you being able to install it on anything is the hard part. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dumhuvud@programming.dev 31 points 1 year ago Ironic that you need a Google smartphone, isn't it? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] humanoidchaos@lemmy.cif.su 13 points 1 year ago (1 child) That's unfortunately a dealbreaker for me. I have a free phone from some company I've never heard of and I don't plan on buying a new one. Hopefully we will see more progress on mobile operating systems in the coming years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 year ago Unfortunately, things are heading in the opposite direction. The number of phones you can install other os's on is dwindling by the day. Even the phones designed solely for this purpose are failing to capture enough market to remain sustainable. The OS's are getting there by leaps and bounds, but you being able to install it on anything is the hard part. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 year ago Unfortunately, things are heading in the opposite direction. The number of phones you can install other os's on is dwindling by the day. Even the phones designed solely for this purpose are failing to capture enough market to remain sustainable. The OS's are getting there by leaps and bounds, but you being able to install it on anything is the hard part. permalink fedilink source parent