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Your phone is about to stop being yours (105 days until lockdown) - Keep Android Open (keepandroidopen.org)
submitted 2 days ago by to c/linux@lemmy.world
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[–] 7 points 2 days ago (9 children)

How about LineageOS?

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  • [–] 27 points 2 days ago (5 children)

    The alternative ROMS will be affected by this because many applications will require a Google account to function. There will be workarounds, but overall this effectively changes how the phone I spent my money on works: they are altering the terms of the deal.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 days ago (4 children)

    many applications will require a Google account to function

    Yeah, it might be a good time to stop using those apps. That's privileged statement I know since I started using Lineage as part of my smartphone-purge, but when it comes to many every day tasks, I haven't ran into any problems.

    Note every day tasks don't involve:

    • Using Whatsapp*
    • Taking Uber
    • Going to any professional sports game

    * I did find a way to bridge Whatsapp to Matrix-Synapse through an old iPhone and a docker container which is neat.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    I don't have a Google account. I've had issues. The app for my CO2 sensor has the CHECK_LICENSE permission activated, which asks your phone for a Google account. I can't use it with the new version of the apps. I've complained and the company responded that I should have a Google account so there is no issue. We shouldn't need to make workarounds and bridges to use the gadgets we buy.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    TL;DR: This will not affect LineageOS directly. But it may affect users running the stock ROM on their device.

    — Lineage OS blog, Developer Verification: What it is, and how it affects you

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    So it looks like there's just a small hurdle to get it working.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    According to the blog post, LOS simply won't include the AndroidDeveloperVerification package. If that's really all (for now), people with custom ROMs who also mainly use F-droid don't have much to worry about. It might actually bring a few more people around to degoogled Android.

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