▲ 1568 ▼ Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann (youtube.com) submitted 1 year ago by rustyredox@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 499 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Android_Developer_Verification
[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 year ago (1 child) not even for emergency calls. That's wild. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIJavqEzEIw (sources in video description) If your phone isn't manually approved, its assumed your phone doesn't support 4g/5g, therefore, blocked. 4G/5G phones have already been blocked Fairphone isn't certified in Australia, Pinephone also isn't, nor Librem 5. Custom ROMs on an approved phone might work for now, but they could potentially start verifying OS in the future if the autocratization trend continues. Also, manufacturers could starts start locking the bootloader. The best realistic way forward is have two devices, one is the "normie" phone, the other is your own pocket PC running a Libre OS. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIJavqEzEIw (sources in video description) If your phone isn't manually approved, its assumed your phone doesn't support 4g/5g, therefore, blocked. 4G/5G phones have already been blocked Fairphone isn't certified in Australia, Pinephone also isn't, nor Librem 5. Custom ROMs on an approved phone might work for now, but they could potentially start verifying OS in the future if the autocratization trend continues. Also, manufacturers could starts start locking the bootloader. The best realistic way forward is have two devices, one is the "normie" phone, the other is your own pocket PC running a Libre OS. permalink fedilink source parent