Why does Google bother unlocking boot loaders, or doing anything that helps AOSP? Why have they not gone the way of Apple?

  • TheOrcWhoWrites@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    I don’t think I’d ever quit Android unless they pull a move like, idk, banning sideloading completely.

    Be careful what you wish for or say, it might actually happen sooner than not. We are getting closer and closer to an Orwellian society and that technology is already hopping on the bandwagon. If control of the market is what they want but cannot have it they will still use every tactic to improve that agenda. It’s hard to notice but it is gradually happening.

    (No I don’t watch too much Black Mirror, it’s not an addiction, it’s just inevitable)

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      7 hours ago

      Regulators and geopolitics are rising against them, though. I’m way more hopeful than I was several years ago on the FOSS front.

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      I’d just use an iPhone with tethering to a Linux Phone or a Pocket PC then… 🤷‍♂️

      Use the main Phone to do stuff that requires it, everything else goes on the Linux device.

      • TheOrcWhoWrites@lemmy.world
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        So much work it must be fun. One day I will be one of those people who has two phones in service at a time for myself but for now let’s hope they don’t take away sideloading.

        Note: never messed with Linux but one day I might, let’s see where life takes me.