I'll just buy and use decade old phones with unlocked bootloader till I can. There's barely any innovation in phones these days and I'm sure someone will come to fill the gap Android left (hopefully Linux). I'm still using my 5 year old phone degoogled with custom a16 and still going strong. I also have a backup pixel 6 in case the current one breaks. I can easily wait 10-15 years.
Does this mean the end for YouTube Revanced on Android?
not necessarily. the developer needs to sign the APK with a key issued by Google. the main issue here is that developers will be forced to identify themselves.
Apple now allows sideloading of apps and Google is trying to get rid of sideloading.
What... the Fuck?
Don't call it sideloading. Did you watch the video?
If they only cared about thwarting malware they could have just relied on code signing via public certificate authorities, like with binaries on Windows.
This was the main reason I have a spare android phone to install whatever I want on it and just factory reset if there’s an issue. Android / Google is really shooting itself in the foot cause there isn’t a point in owning an android after this imo
Similar story here. I've got apps that I need to use from developers that are not around anymore. My old phone only needs wifi and I've disabled/uninstalled everything else. The phones battery last like 7 days now.
TFW more than half of my phone's applications is getting thanos snapped and it's also carrier-locked
What about Android developers they will need to work with unsigned or self signed apps? Can't I just sign up as a developer?
just installed lineageos with root because of this, so thanks Google i guess
When it comes to the current final frontier, Linux phones, what brands/models would be the best option? Or are you all really recommending iPhones?
I'm looking at Fairphone 6. EU based, has an option called /e/os which is basically degoogled Android, and it also has full support for Ubuntu Touch (Linux phone).
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