Google has announced that only apps from developers that have undergone verification can be installed on certified Android devices in 2026...
        • Sonalder@lemmy.ml
          4·
          10 months ago

          Graphene is still based on AOSP, they could probably have a workaround for that but the main issue I can see is small projects being leftover by their devs because the majority of there users runs a Google controlled Android and thus they will be forced to verify… Some will do it other probably won’t.

          I am concerned…

            • Sonalder@lemmy.ml
              1·
              10 months ago

              Not from my understanding of the situation, Android Open Source Project (AOSP) is still Free, Open Source and living.

              What’s changing is that now with Android 16 and following, Google removed the Pixel device trees from the AOSP. But still according to them, they never considered AOSP providing device trees as a hardware requirement.

              Also according to GrapheneOS team Pixel 10 has much more significant hardware changes than the Pixel 6a through Pixel 9a.

      • dil@lemmy.zip
        1·
        10 months ago

        I think well see more ppl doing custom roms and whatever android version of jailbreaking is maybe? Dissapointing tho, this will be my last android tablet.

  • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
    3·
    10 months ago

    So, for a Statesian that is trying to degoogle, what’s the best path? Lots of restrictions on phones we can get, sadly.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
          3·
          10 months ago

          I’m still on Pixel 5 with LineageOS, but the battery is starting to go. Sadly, can’t get Fairphone in Canada yet. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like any of the Linux based phones are quite ready to be a daily driver either.

              • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
                1·
                10 months ago

                That’s correct. So warranty and such is difficult. But if you need one, it seems it’s available and it seems to work on Freedom. A friend is running an FP5 on Fido.

                • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
                  2·
                  10 months ago

                  I figure I’ll hold out and see if it becomes officially available. My phone still works fine for the most part, and if battery holds out there’s nothing too wrong with it really.

          • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
            2·
            10 months ago

            I know, I was just looking into the state of linux phones last night. I’d love a genuine alternative, but I need my phone for work for things like 2FA, Teams, etc that I just can’t use on linux phones yet it seems.

            • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
              2·
              10 months ago

              Yup, the app ecosystem is just not quite there yet, and google app store is still the only place for some apps you can’t do without.

                • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
                  3·
                  10 months ago

                  Indeed, having full blown Linux on the phone would honestly be the ideal option. I’m honestly surprised that nobody tried building hardware around this idea. You could have a single device that acts like a phone, but then you could make it dockable and the dock could add more ram and a better GPU, so then you could use it like a desktop. So, you’d just carry a single device around with you all the time and use it in different modes as needed. This would also avoid the need for using a lot of online services, like the calendar, which sync data across devices. You’d just always have all your data in one place.