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emotional_soup_88@programming.dev to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 23 hours ago

I bought a handheld computer, now Google says I'm not allowed to do whatever the hell I want to it

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I bought a handheld computer, now Google says I'm not allowed to do whatever the hell I want to it

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emotional_soup_88@programming.dev to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 23 hours ago
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Keep Android Open
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Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on.

https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage

I hope that my rooted One UI 7 doesn’t get the update through some backdoor in the Google Play Services package… Or the next time I unblock Google Play to update the very few paid apps that I use…

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    Just switch to Pixel. I’ve got mine (9a) for around 500€.

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      Is that a joke?

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      Ironically, Google Pixel

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        Pixels are the only phone with the hardware and security the GOS project requires. GOS is working with an OEM to get GOS on another brand of phone.

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