Apple and Google will gladly erase the works of developers to chase profits.
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There’s Graphene.
That's... android?
Without GMS google can't stop you from side loading
That's true. But it's still android, and it uses the Linux kernel but it's not gnu/Linux like on a desktop or server, the userland is completely different.
I didn't bring up any of that, this is about side loading which you can do on any ROM that doesn't use GMS.
Android is a literal Linux Mobile OS. GrapheneOS is Android without Google. So, a perfect response.
It’s a different os that is actually private. It’s the most usable alternative for your average user.
Android is also based on Linux.