luciole (they/them)@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 days agoAndroid: sideloading blocked and open source updates withheld to twice a yearyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1199arrow-down11file-text
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Google moves to lock down the Android operating system, effectively stealing features away from millions of existing users.
minus-squareFair Fairy@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-217 hours agoNeither lineage nor graphene are an option. Google still control the platform. We need a law that forces Google to open the platform for competition. I hope for EU to come swinging and slapping Google silly very soon. Or hope for Chinese to come up with Linux hardware we can just use.
Neither lineage nor graphene are an option. Google still control the platform.
We need a law that forces Google to open the platform for competition. I hope for EU to come swinging and slapping Google silly very soon.
Or hope for Chinese to come up with Linux hardware we can just use.