Comment by 🚀 lars_the_bear
Re: "I put graphene on my Pixel. I then read about google…"
When real Linux (or whatever, CP/M maybe...) smartphones become reliable enough to be treated as appliances, I'll be in line with my wallet open. That hasn't been my experience. In the meantime, I can run Lineage or Graphene on my phone, and it's perfectly reliable.
Problem is, so long as Android remains open-ish, few people have much incentive to try to create anything better.So I'm not sure how I feel about keeping Android open, to be honest.
Mar 11 · 8 weeks ago
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keepandroidopen kisses google's ass, but it leads you to F-Droid
you mean it leads those who uses google android? not leads but allows them to use fdroid?
well yes, i know people who use conversations from fdroid on google android.
but using google android was the mistake in the first place.
they need to realize google humiliates them and switch to something else.
if i have a friend with conversations and google andnoid, i will tell them
you have two options
a) continue being humiliated. to help you i suggest
you to buy conversations from play store, and i'll by you coffee and help you backup existing conversations and migrate.
b) i can install lineage if your device is supported.
idk dude, lead means lead, tellzya instal froid rn, idk what people actually do or what happens tomorrow, they'll probably hate it cause eveyone love DMCA and proprietaty software
is like defectivebydesign, "yeah sure abuse me every which way you want just not that way daddy", it's just some buzz to lead you to free software, cause buzz is king in this industry
Original Post
I put graphene on my Pixel. I then read about google locking apps down. can someone tell me how this affects things like graphene and fdroid? fdroid looks like it's gonna get killed off. can we still put custom ROMs on our phones? what about apps?