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    F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

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  • And the bootloader is now locked down across Samsung's ecosystem, as of this year. Sucks.

    If you move to using an unsecured "chinaphone" as an alternative to the big three handset vendors, then it's unlikely they are target devices for the myriad of uncertified ROM's.

    I think we are going to need software solutions that can run on major Androdis distributions across the variety of hardware.

    I think we're going to need something like UTM or Docker (virtualization or containerization) for running our unsigned Android apps and services, and I don't know how feasible it will be.

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  • I literally named two different phone models, and I think dismissing that people are often bound to what handsets are available to them is ... Well, honestly just cruel.

    Most of us don't have the cash to throw down for phones all the time and we need scalability to protect ALL of us, not just those of us cash flush.

    My fingers are still crossed folks figure out some containerization or virtualization solution between now and the Goo-lag.

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  • This isn't a scalable solution. There aren't enough affordable, used Pixels for everyone in the ecosystem to adopt between now and the Goo-lag.

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  • Samsung s22 and s25, checking in. Graphene won't be viable for the vast, overwhelming majority of Android users today or in the coming seasons.

    I hope people figure out some kind of virtualization/docker-containerization solution to the coming Goo-lag.

  • Bible and Quran apps flagged NSFW by F-Droid

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  • Thank you for reaponding with specific claims. Others have already addressed the technicals (the packages themselves don't include NSFW offending material, they are merely engines or interfaces), but I thought I would point out that in American workplaces talking about violence is absolutely commonplace, as it is in the rest of the prevailing culture surrounding us.

    It's absolutely common for people to be descriptive about the violence they see in entertainment, or to discuss violent real world matters.

    Even if you set aside the critique of violence espoused in the Christian Bible, there is a mountain of adult themes and sexually explicit abuses which our categorically not safe for work in most places.

  • Bible and Quran apps flagged NSFW by F-Droid

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  • To be fair, these children also shouldn't be at work, but I agree with the sentiment.

  • TP Link Router wants to share client info with third parties

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  • Cooool. Anyone know how to deaden this behavior?

  • Who the (heck) put ads in my proton pass

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  • Can't it be both? I am certainly a whiny bitch who fired platform vendors for serving me ads after I gave them money.

  • Who the (heck) put ads in my proton pass

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  • I use Tuta and love it. I miss my calendar talking with others' and I have to accept an extra refresh every time I want to read an email I received, but it lets me feel very smug, self righteous and secure.

    If they offered a task/notes app I would be soooo happy.

  • Google misled users about their privacy and now owes them $425m, says court

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  • That's going to be $0.80 for each of us

  • "Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership

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  • Man, this is exhausting. Thanks for trying to carry as far as you did. Some folks just really need LTT to be a bunch of villains, and will move the goal posts to get there.

    Part of why I still have LTT shit a listen was because of how I've seen him conduct his company's focus, and course corrections, and how they HAVEN'T sued people trying to attack them.

  • "Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership

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  • I think his org has consistently done its best and I still tune in across the channels. I know that I couldn't do better with matched resources, without experience and a lot more considerations.

    Listening to everyone hate on a whole media group puzzles me a bit.

  • Google sideloading and F-droid prospects

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  • And if that UI optiondisappeared with your next carrier update? What recourse would you have?

  • "Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership

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  • Thanks for the analysis. I've got to say. We on Lemmy can be vicious.

  • Google sideloading and F-droid prospects

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  • This is true today, but when the new iron curtain goes up and all of our devices are goog-lag'd next year, it won't be possible, especially with all of the handset makers that distribute in the US being complicit.

    Samsung just removed my ability to unlock the bootloader or load any alternate OSes for my handset devices, this summer.

    Soon my only options will be to import phones that are only partially compatible with the networks here in the US and that come with their own security and privacy concerns.

  • Google must pay $425 million in class action over privacy, jury rules

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  • That's ... Likely less than a dollar for each American after lawyers fees.

  • The state of Linux phones in 2025

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  • 🙄 first of all, I carry a very limited wallet with me most of the time, and I only have to carry a keychain when I'm in the US.

    I was replying to the dismissive person above asking what to do when he loses his phone. Which is absurd in itself.

    I will say that it is incredibly liberating to have my one device do almost everything else I care about, mapping, calendaring, communicating with people in meeting with, conducting my purchases, and providing podcasts or tunes all at the same time. I love that I have open source software for almost all of the functions, and well essentially all conglomerated businesses are evil, I trust Visa way more than I trust, say, Bitcoin, or BNPL vendors like Affirm, or Klarna.

    I'm not going to handle cash money if I don't have to because exchange rates are terrible and take margins at EACH transaction, are bulky, are prone to loss and are dirty, while my CC/Debit cards offer zero forex fees.

    I value my privacy, and I make reasonable efforts to frustrate the algorithms' models of me, but quit pretending we all have to be Mennonites, and purity testing your community ...

  • Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann

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  • Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann

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  • Dude. On what hardware? My 1 years old AND 4 years old Samsung phones now lock their bootloader.

    Random, fly by night China phones won't have enough documentation or enough consistency in hardware to be a viable rally point for firmware devs, will they?

    Don't get me wrong. I will buy exactly that Linux Phone for my next device if it gives me three browsers and enough untracked fundamental functionality like calculators and contact lists.

    But I'm genuinely worried there won't be a hardware vendor in the game in my market (the land of Y'allQaeda) to sell me a compatible device that plays nice with the three mobile providers that still exist here.