This is a “teenager just discovered speed” level of sophomoric writing.

It really is. It’s almost reads like a parody of a regressive oligarch.

There is a silver lining to all this, an opportunity for the rest of the world to embrace new models (open competitive markets, truly customer-focused services) that go beyond the American cult of the pompous, regressive oligarch. Not saying it will happen tomorrow or in an utopian fairy tale manner, but history tends to be cyclical.

To get to the next peak, you have to hit bottom first.

A side note, check out Marc Andreessen’s “manifesto”:

https://a16z.com/the-techno-optimist-manifesto/

This is a “teenager just discovered speed” level of sophomoric writing.

This is a good thing, it means with the right kind of pressure he will fold as he doesn’t believe in what he is writing.

What were the planned use cases if you don’t mind me asking?

I am on Android 16, the A73 might even get Android 17. Even if it doesn’t get 17, I think government/banking apps on Android 16 will be usable for another 3 years minimum.

Who knows, by that time Europe might be forced to dump Android/iOS (as opposed to “wanting” to do it).

Don’t think Play Store is available, but it supposed to run APKs.

We have the same issue with our e-ID and banking apps, they are used for everything.

I doubt our e-ID and banking APKs will work on SailfishOS compatibility mode.

My plan is too keep my current phone specifically for those two apps. Not optimal, but in my case Android/iOS isn’t viable any more.

I am thinking of getting the Jolla Phone:

https://commerce.jolla.com/products/jolla-phone-preorder

While the UI Framework isn’t fully open source in SailfishOS, it think in the short to medium term it’s better fit for my use cases; running open source apps whenever possible (currently via F-Droid on Android) and avoiding any app install otherwise unless there is no other option.

Not to mention and I am done with large American companies (especially tech companies or ones that don’t have a local presence).

Rahman made an enormous contribution to covering Android.

I can understand him wanting to move on though, the whole space is nowhere near as exciting as say in 2015. In the last ~5 years it’s been mostly iterative improvement. Even phone hardware has evolved to the point that there is minimal differentiation between the mid-range and flagships other than status (outside of some types of mobile gaming).

For me personally, I am done with Android. My A73 works great, any new phone I buy will not be tied to American corporations (to the extend possible), so no Android or iOS.

I am probably misremembering, there have been so many changes to the notifications/QS that it’s difficult to keep track off.

Wasn’t something similar already implemented in one of the older releases (and then removed)?

This is outdated, the Americans did a 180 because it was not economically viable:

US drops plan to restrict Chinese-made drones; Chinese expert says economic realities behind the change (Jan 10 2026)

“captivating content from Lock Glimpse”

So captivating that they decide to remove it from many of their phones.

I don’t have a bias against LLMs, I use them regularly albeit either for casual things (movie recommendation) or an automation tool in work areas where I can somewhat easily validate the output or the specific task is low impact.

I am just curious, do you respect robots.txt?

That website is really shit even by the low standards of most modern websites.

Government overreach (or corruption and enablement of oligarchs) is the responsibility of the citizens.

I am aware (even though I’ve only ever used nano), I am refering to the way the in which it was used.

You can’t trust any American oligarchs or large American companies.

The “shadowy cabal” rhetoric is funny considering how there is zero real judicial overcite if US technology companies due to corruption in all three branches of the government.

The text editor sounds crazy to use.

Perhaps, but if anything they should have used this as a cover to ban twitter. I do not find American style ostentatious “freedom polemics” to be convincing, but on top of that Musk has been found to meddle in local politics to benefit the far right and promote UK criminals.

With US oligarchs “threats” and discussions do not work. Only action and the type of action that hurts them personally.

I agree that I have minimal experience with this. :)

I simply don’t trust what Google says and I assume that their being less than honest by default.