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Neil Brown
Neil Brown
@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

People should be able to write software for Android, and distribute it outside Google's Play store, without having to:

* pay Google
* give government ID to Google
* agree to Google terms and conditions

People should be able to install the software they want on their phone, from sources other than Google's Play store, without having to jump through Google-imposed hoops.

e.g. via F-Droid.

We've got until September this year to stop Google squeezing the open Android ecosystem.

https://keepandroidopen.org/

Ærion
Ærion
@aerion@nerdculture.de replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@neil
Hopefully this will give #FOSS devs an incentive to shift app development to #mobilelinux if Google pushes ahead with this.

There ARE alternatives. I'm fully aware that they are, for the most part, not prime time ready, but they DO exist, and they've come a long way.

Maybe Google doing this will be a blessing in disguise, as it may just be what's needed to give #linuxphones a push.

I, for one, will switch to one form of mobile Linux or another, if Obtainium/F-Droid/IzzyOnDroid are killed off by this.

#obtainium #izzyondroid #postmarketos #ubuntutouch #ubports #sailfishos #phosh #gnomemobile #plasmamobile

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Kyle Bronsdon
Kyle Bronsdon
@kylebronsdon@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

I don't even know what to think about #keepandroidopen:

The website doesn't have a word about #grapheneos, #obtainium, or #accrescent yet lists every possible insecure device and rom, and presents #fdroid (with well-known serious security issues of its own) as if it were the only option for installing apps?

Either the people behind the website are woefully unqualified to make recommendations or they have an agenda not much more in the interest of users than Google's.

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F-Droid
F-Droid
@fdroidorg@floss.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

The #FDroid website has a new banner on top to remind visitors that #Google did not change course and #Android will be locked-down in under 200 days.

If you care about the freedom to control your devices and care about the privacy of you data, please contact your representative and make your voice heard.

https://keepandroidopen.org/ (thanks @marcprux) has the resources to guide you.

We know users will rarely visit the site so the Client(s) will get a banner soon too.

Thank you for your support!

Apicultor 🐝
Apicultor 🐝
@apicultor@hachyderm.io replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@fdroidorg
Did you secure your build environment yet? Why must you re-sign everything instead of using signed artifacts from developers?

Until then, #Obtainium.

@marcprux

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