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Well, without sideloading android is wildly inferior to iOS. Hopefully this pushes people to Linux phones, and then we can get some decent phones.
Wake me up when we have cheap ass (US$300 and under) linux phones.
Like people to develop them or do they already exist?
The exist but they kinda suck. Needs more demand.
Kind of like a field of dreams thing...
You need something viable for there to be demand.
There are options, but locking a person into an ecosystem is more profitable. Pinephone is a good option, but it won’t work in all countries.
Ultimately, someone needs to gut android for anything salvageable, shove it into Linux, and provide a compatibility layer for android apps.
But, mass support won’t be there. Like, TikTok won’t build an app for Linux. It needs mainstream apps to work.
Android is already Linux, btw
Ehhhhhhhhhh not exactly
This is a crime and you are the victim.
For anyone wondering: this is about sideloading system updates, not apps. So don't get your knickers in a twist. (That kind of fuckery will arrive through Google, if they get their will.)
this post was submitted on 01 Mar 2026
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