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Hail Corporate! (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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I respect people's right to use apple products, but please stop asserting "privacy", big corps doesn't give a shit.

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[–] 14 points 11 months ago (4 children)

The best way is freeing Android. Android should be the "Mobile Linux". What should happen is that EU should ensure that people are allowed to side load and unlock bootloaders and that all apps are compatible with alternative ROMs. All dependencies on google play services should simply be made illegal and all apps should be fully compatible with AOSP.

If we can't get this we will spend the next 10-15 years in mobile dark ages. Mobile Linux may never get enough tracking to be supported the way desktop Linux is.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    Manufacturers aren’t going to ditch Google. Play Store and Google certification are too valuable for them.

    If legislation is made such that eg.: in the EU phones can not be registered in the cellular network unless they are open to both normal installation of apps (sIdElOaDiNg) and being able to fully install or remove Google Services, then Google will have to deal with who would want to work and pay to get a certification that effectively blocks you from selling and operating in one or more continents.

    And such legislation would be not without precedent: open phones and custom ROMs are already suffering from it.

    What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I will admit I'm ignorant here. What do companies use Google Play Services for? I developed some Android app and I never had to rely on Google. I just used F-Droid. Other than play store for distribution, which services provided by Google would be so hard to replace?

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