Blaze (he/him)@piefed.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 10 days agoGoogle: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwedwww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square94linkfedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down11
arrow-up161arrow-down1external-linkGoogle: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwedwww.youtube.comBlaze (he/him)@piefed.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square94linkfedilink
minus-squareeleitl@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 days agoIt is an a degoogled by default open source Android fork. I am writing this on a Pixel tablet running GrapheneOS with zero Google software sources on it. Google Play has no power here, and is running sandboxed if you choose to install it.
minus-squareVanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-210 days agoOne day you’ll wake up to the news that Graphene is ending support at a certain Android version because they can’t get sources. Your privacy depends on Google allowing Android to be open. It isn’t anyone’s decision but theirs. It ain’t today. Relax.
It is an a degoogled by default open source Android fork. I am writing this on a Pixel tablet running GrapheneOS with zero Google software sources on it. Google Play has no power here, and is running sandboxed if you choose to install it.
One day you’ll wake up to the news that Graphene is ending support at a certain Android version because they can’t get sources.
Your privacy depends on Google allowing Android to be open. It isn’t anyone’s decision but theirs.
It ain’t today. Relax.