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Peace be with you, F-Droid Community. ๐ŸŒน

As many probably know, Google will block Android starting 2027.

Here is my hope: Google has shot itself in the foot with this Darth Vader move, because many People who loves privacy will now switch to de-googled systems, because ( Since to my knowledge), the blockade won't affect those systems.

So this is just my Openion and my HOPE.

What's your take on this?

And I kindly say to all developers: Please don't register in Google.

There are so many people using de-googled systems now, including myself. Please keep going for us, and four you too. Please

Best wishes from Germany ๐ŸŒน

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[โ€“] 1 point 51 minutes ago*

I was doing Android development recently and apparently the official SDK builds needed to build the app aren't FOSS, and actually FOSS versions are difficult to get. I still can't wait until Linux phones are a thing, Android is such a shitshow nowadays and even GrapheneOS is still at the mercy of Google's ecosystem. (also still no aarch64-linux support for the build tools either)

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 hour ago

    because many People who loves privacy

    almost 12 of us ... i jest but seriously, everyone using Apple and >90% of Android users don't care. Google knows this and they just bang on about this being best for Android users to ameliorate any concerns around governance issues.

    Even many supposed staunch, so called privacy advocates, will complain they can't change because banking or some such, so they stick with the status quo as every minor inconvenience is seen as an insurmountable wall.

    So i expect some bloviating initially and then acceptance. In 5 years, no shits given (headphone jack, expandable storage saw the same sort of thing)

    tl;dr press x for doubt (x)

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  • [โ€“] 12 points 12 hours ago (1 child)

    Motorola will release a phone with GrapheneOS in 2027, it would be a good pick.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 8 hours ago

    Don't forget about the new automatic Google play services check that app developers can enable with a single click on build. That automatically blocks the app from working on any degoogled ROM

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  • [โ€“] 7 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

    So, did I understood correctly that just getting pixel with GrapheneOS is way out?

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 16 hours ago (1 child)

    Sooooo the way out, is to pay Google a thousand dollars for their phone......

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    [โ€“] 2 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

    Is there an alternative to Android and iOS in the US? I'm trying to degoogle but what other phones are there?

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

    Doesn't that only support phones made specifically by Google?

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  • [โ€“] 108 points 1 day ago (20 children)

    I think you're overestimating the de-Google community.
    I'd be astonished if there was 10 million of us. Compared to a few Billion normies, we're a rounding error in their accounting.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

    It's not always about "winning". Sometimes it's about what you do and what you become while doing it. Do I want to be able to influence google directly? Yes. Do I need to? No. I just need a big-enough community that shares my values, and it's OK for me that there's an even bigger community nearby that shares something else.

    It's important. We're not doing an election.

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    [โ€“] 1 point 17 hours ago (1 child)

    Can you advertise f-droid in an app on play store? Or offer free features on a link that teaches how to f-droid yourself?

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  • [โ€“] 7 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

    Fdroid is exactly what they're about to block

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