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Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann (youtube.com)

submitted 1 week ago by rustyredox@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Android_Developer_Verification

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[–] mahmut@meclis.home.buyulumahmut.com 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I didn't get it. EU pushes Apple for sideloading option. Android will come with embedded Linux terminal support and you can even run native Linux apps on your Android phone with Android 15.

I guess some C-Level assholes forcing this change in Google but this does not make any sense...

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[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Does anyone know anything about Furi Labs phones? I saw a comment about them on another post about Android alternatives https://midwest.social/comment/19568664

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[–] peetabix@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Is Linux viable as a mobile os yet?

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[–] commander@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

It's time the community open source movement starting gaining a lot more traction on mobile. We need better hardware support and standards for a streamlined non-Google/Apple/MS platform. Something not beholden to any single company or country

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Can you at least put a custom ROM on to disable this?

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