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Android will become a locked-down platform in 194 days
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Fairphone, here I come.
Yeah, I'm not buying any more Pixels. I got the Fairphone 6! It's good! I'm in the US, so I got it from Clove. Works fine on T-Mobile.
Although, I'm currently running Android... Probably have to install e/OS or something.
I hope Fairphone can continue to grow to eventually meet Graphene's hardware requirements.
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I'll be frank with you. As long as my customers are captive on either Apple or Google platforms I can't do shit.
Fuck, I don't have the money to replace my phone. I probably wont by September either. Too many expenses.
I probably just need to buy a fair phone at this point.
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I want to get a pixel 10 so I can have grapheneOS on it. Fuck it! I am always in a race against time.
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The comments keep mentioning Linux phones, have they managed to get Linux running on mobile hardware that I won't have to go on an archaeological dig for?
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VPNs will be forbidden, age will be verified.
Coincidence that all are gaining traction?
Out of the loop here. How can google lockdown an open-source operating system? I know they are involved in developing it because it benefits them, but does that mean they own it?
They are locking down "certified" phones. You don't have to have a "certified" phone, but if it is not certified, a lot of sensitive apps (Google wallet, third-party banking apps, for example) won't work.
So all the major manufacturers are going to push certified phones, which are going to make it difficult to use non-certified apps.
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Just told them my opinion. Maybe you want too?
Are there any details on how it will be implemented? Will it affect older versions or just new/updated devices?
So, does it mean that degooglized android phones will suffer as well?
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In the meantime port linux OSs to be easilly installable on Android devices
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this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2026
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