Build a time machine and go back in time to stop WebOS from being sold to HP.
You mean convince more people to not buy android phones. Man we used to be able to run custom kernel code on the palm pre to try and get more performance out
Quite frankly im going to keep using GraphineOS, it doesn't really matter for me how much Google restricts AOSP code or sideloading. As much as I care about open source I need something secure and reliable.
I like Graphene, but I'm at the point where I would put up with less security for more freedom -- I just wouldn't put anything actually sensitive on my phone.
It's kind of silly that my phone should be an everything-device.
Google can't control the device if you're not running Google. GrapheneOS will still work like before, allowing you to run the apps you want. But the jury is still out on how long... I hope we can have a long term GrapheneOS solution regarding hardware.
Slowly switch to Linux devices, or dumb phone, and learning to adapt happily living without some features, but also without control and censorship :)
Keep waiting for a Linux phone that actually works as a daily driver.
DeGoogled Custom ROMs
Start giving easy to follow de-googling instructions when and where you know them, people.
The bigger and more thorough the head start, the better.
Well because of this, I bought a new phone and am now using GrapheneOS. I'm hoping to last at least 5 years with this, and hopefully by the time I want a new phone, grapheneos will have made a deal to have more compatible phones.
Be fucked? I don't know I already hate most phones on the market and I'm going to need to buy a new one at some point, not looking forward to it...
I won't do anything because I've not used a "certified device" in years...
I only run free/libre Android forks, so I don't care.
I'll just adb install those same apps from f-droid. But my hope is that I will be using mobile linux more and more as a daily-driver, until it eventually replaces Android 100%
GrapheneOS for as long as it s available, then probably PostmarketOS for that Nokia N95 experience
I'm gonna get a linux phone. I used a flip phone and windows phone for a long time. I don't actually need any of this bullshit.
would love it if the community could fund and get a way to create a desktop app (linux, etc) that would connect via adb and sync apks and other apps. just move f-droid and alt app stores to an old school "itunes" method.
Continue using a custom ROM.
If more brands start locking down their devices I'll have a conundrum, and it'll start being about antique hunting. More apps requiring an "approved" OS would also do it, but geopolitics will stop that from going too far in the near future.
If we can, donate to the devs. Let's supercharge the evolution / revolution.
I mean, unless there's some alternative that banking apps and such will work on there really isn't much you can do right?
Can't you use a browser for banking? That's what I do.
I use hardware TAN generators and browsers. The cards support NFC payments. My banking apps run fine on Lineage OS and GrapheneOS.
Fight it as long as I can with my current fairly new phone. I assume that update by google would require an OS update, not a google play update. I might just not update my OS until I get a new phone.
If I'm lucky I won't need to update for a few years and an awesome linux phone will be available. If not then some de-googled android phone.
Sony update fails anyway, because i froze a non-essential app too much. Oh noes, my phone could be hacked with physical access, in a few years! But by then the phone is in their Open Firnware program and it's back to a custom ROM again.
The apps are regularly updated of course.
How likely is that this will happen, unchallenged?
I've honestly just been hoping it never happens, because I don't actually have a plan to deal with it if it does...
I read this from Fdroid (https://f-droid.org/en/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html) and I also looked at the Google announcement here (https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-android-security.html?m=1)
Things are still murky to me. Google said the following:
To be clear, developers will have the same freedom to distribute their apps directly to users through sideloading or to use any app store they prefer. We believe this is how an open system should work—by preserving choice while enhancing security for everyone. Android continues to show that with the right design and security principles, open and secure can go hand in hand. For more details on the specific requirements, visit our website. We'll share more information in the coming months.
Is the problem then that developers have to register? I see the downsides to this, but does it actually block side loading and using F-droid?
I tried to root an old pixel of mine and soft bricked it somehow and my only other two phones are samsung, so ill have to figure it out as i can and would love a fully linux based device; but im definitely not planning on giving up
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