▲ 263 ▼ Your Google Android device is about to stop being yours (keepandroidopen.org) submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Nexus@infosec.pub to c/opensource@programming.dev 24 comments fedilink hide all child comments Is this still going to happen? What can we do? Edit: Complain to your competent authorities here: https://keepandroidopen.org/cta/#consumers
[–] GirthBrooksPLO@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (3 children) Already switched to grapheneOS permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 8 points 4 months ago (2 children) grapheneos will be effected by this too because a lot of android developers targetting accrescient, obtainium, or f-droid are going to give up entirely, or capitulate onto the play store permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nexus@infosec.pub [S] 2 points 4 months ago That's a good point you make. I'm gonna contact the authorities that go about this for my region. Can be found here: https://keepandroidopen.org/cta/#consumers permalink fedilink source parent [–] gedfromgont@piefed.ca 2 points 4 months ago Exactly, that is the one thing I hardly ever see mentioned in such threads and legitimately the one I worry about the most. There will always be a way to install apps other than the playstore, but the harder it will be, the less people will bother and the more developers will be forced to go via the appstore anyway. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 8 points 4 months ago (2 children) grapheneos will be effected by this too because a lot of android developers targetting accrescient, obtainium, or f-droid are going to give up entirely, or capitulate onto the play store permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nexus@infosec.pub [S] 2 points 4 months ago That's a good point you make. I'm gonna contact the authorities that go about this for my region. Can be found here: https://keepandroidopen.org/cta/#consumers permalink fedilink source parent [–] gedfromgont@piefed.ca 2 points 4 months ago Exactly, that is the one thing I hardly ever see mentioned in such threads and legitimately the one I worry about the most. There will always be a way to install apps other than the playstore, but the harder it will be, the less people will bother and the more developers will be forced to go via the appstore anyway. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nexus@infosec.pub [S] 2 points 4 months ago That's a good point you make. I'm gonna contact the authorities that go about this for my region. Can be found here: https://keepandroidopen.org/cta/#consumers permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gedfromgont@piefed.ca 2 points 4 months ago Exactly, that is the one thing I hardly ever see mentioned in such threads and legitimately the one I worry about the most. There will always be a way to install apps other than the playstore, but the harder it will be, the less people will bother and the more developers will be forced to go via the appstore anyway. permalink fedilink source parent