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Your Google Android device is about to stop being yours (keepandroidopen.org)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/android@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/46445602

Is this still going to happen? What can we do?

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[–] 15 points 4 months ago (13 children)

My google android device runs GrapheneOS, with which you can use sandboxed google play services. Yes, the google play services API will likely block nonconforming apps from functioning if they use play services, but apps don't have to use play services, and you'll still be able to install anything you want. As far as I'm concerned, any app that stops working when google pulls the plug in September will be replaced with a FOSS alternative.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    Can you use the desktop site through the phone browser on a Linux phone or grapheneos?

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Realistically at that point, would it be better to be on iOS than android, then? I know iOS is wayyyyyy locked down, but apple is slightly more privacy respecting than android from what I understand, because Apple's incentive is to sell you services and hardware, while Google's is to sell you as a product to advertisers?

    I have no strong opinion here, looking to be educated. I've never wanted an iPhone, but I'm already looking at a used m1 air, and if google is going to rape me and now they're taking the lube away, would I (a person who is not techy enough to really understand how to fight back against this) be better off on an iPhone? Most of my income right now comes from doordashing. I'm fairly certain I won't be able to do that without play services or whatever iPhone uses

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    My bank won't let you deposit checks through the browser and has closed their physical locations so you can't deposit checks in person. I get around this by keeping a cheap default tablet around my house.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    You're right, and I'll add that my current banking app was recently updated, and now no longer works, giving me nonsecure OS warning, which is comically ironic.

    With respect to companies requiring apps to do things like pay rent, that is a double-edged sword. They can demand, but their goods and services generally have alternatives, and companies that take a hard line risk alienating their customers, pushing them to look elsewhere.

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