Privacy

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[–] ISOmorph@feddit.org 12 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I don't think privacy enthusiasts use vanilla Android. People will stick to Lineage/Graphene for as long as it works and then switch to something like Postmarket. It's already in a state where it's rough but usable.

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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Europe: Companies can't lock down your operating system.

Also Europe: Companies must force back doors into their operating systems.

I wonder how long those two things can coexist.

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[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well, Google’s current behaviour is already putting the future existence of F-Droid into question.

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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

We need FOSS phones badly and in numbers that manufacturing isn't horrible. That is until our governments force carriers not to connect them.

If I could find a reasonably priced 8" Linux tablet, I'd sell my phone and buy a cellular wifi AP.

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[–] vorpuni@jlai.lu 2 points 1 year ago

You can spoof IMEI and pretend your phone is an old iPhone. Carriers wouldn't know.

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[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

Yes, but not everyone they want to talk to will go through that effort. It's already hard enough to convince someone to download another messaging app that they will only use with you.

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[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

"privacy enthusiasts" not everybody can do that. also remember that privacy is a spectrum.