lIlIlIlIlIlIl comments on Keep Android Open (Stop Google from limiting APK file usage)

[–] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (20 children)

All this effort going towards “saving” green fascism when we should be pouring these efforts into Linux

[–] marxismtomorrow@lemmy.today 11 points 2 months ago (6 children)

That's great and all but the current linux phone offerings are... not suitable for general public use. The iPad generation will simply not be able to use them in their current state.

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[–] NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

We were so close to a phone usable by non-enthusiasts with the Nokia N1. The Nokia Linux phones were killed when Nokia hired a former VP at Microsoft to be their CEO. I'm still bitter.

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[–] DosDude@retrofed.com 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Jolla, ex nokia employees, just sent out their first batch of the Jolla phone. It uses sailfishOS, a Linux based operating system capable of running android apps.

I'm in the wait list for my own.

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[–] LostCarcosan@lemmy.today 9 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Unfortunately not available for in the US :(

I want one so badly

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[–] DeathByDenim@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I'm in Canada. I got myself a Sony Xperia and bought a Sailfish licence for it so I could get the Waydroid integration and predictive text keyboard. Works pretty well. So if you are interested in the OS rather than the hardware, that could be a route to go.

Technically, the licence is not for sale in Canada (or US), but meh, it did work at the time. Probably still does.

Anyway, I quite enjoy Sailfish. Been using it for about 4 years now or thereabouts. There's a fair number of native apps, especially with Chum and Storeman. With Waydroid, many Android apps work too, though definitely not all.

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[–] Andres4NY@social.ridetrans.it 3 points 2 months ago

@DosDude @NotEasyBeingGreen The fun thing about this whole saga is that there's linux phone stack stuff that's been completely neglected for the past ~15 years that we're now having to bring back to functionality because of projects taking up pieces of maemo/meego.

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[–] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Historically the most technically inclined are always the first to a “new” technology. I don’t see why this round should be any different a the ipad generation will come when it’s their time.

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[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (4 children)

There's diminishing returns, and we have lives outside our phones. Well, most of us. We can put a limited amount of time and energy into this, but pushing Linux requires a great deal of effort and time.

Not saying we shouldn't also do that, but in the mean time fighting to keep the options we do have less shitty shouldn't be completely abandoned.

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