Sunshine@piefed.caM to Linux Phones@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agoWhat’s your escape plan when Google locks down android on 30/9/2026?message-squaremessage-square126linkfedilinkarrow-up1177arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1170arrow-down1message-squareWhat’s your escape plan when Google locks down android on 30/9/2026?Sunshine@piefed.caM to Linux Phones@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square126linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBurgerBaron@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·3 days agoI switched to GrapheneOS soon after the Pixel 8 came out, so ~2.5 years ago. DeGoogled last year. DeAmerican’d as much as possible this year. I’m hoping Android getting locked down will motivate more people to work on Linux for mobile devices.
minus-squareforkDestroyer@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 hours agoThe majority of people will stick on whatever the companies give us. But at least Linux is having a nice run on desktop and laptop infrastructure thanks to steam being neat and Windows being garbage
I switched to GrapheneOS soon after the Pixel 8 came out, so ~2.5 years ago. DeGoogled last year. DeAmerican’d as much as possible this year.
I’m hoping Android getting locked down will motivate more people to work on Linux for mobile devices.
The majority of people will stick on whatever the companies give us. But at least Linux is having a nice run on desktop and laptop infrastructure thanks to steam being neat and Windows being garbage