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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 (keepandroidopen.org)

submitted 1 week ago by emotional_soup_88@programming.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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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[-] krigo666@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

On the sale page for the phone the two last questions of the FAQ address this, check them out.

this post was submitted on 01 Jan 2026

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