Comment on Google Restricts Android Sideloading—What It Means for User Autonomy and the Future of Mobile Freedom – Purism

kratoz29@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• anticurrent@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Maybe you should curb your enthusiasm a bit. have you seen what it take to unlock the bootloader from most manufacturers? you might even need your grandma’s birth certificate before you’re allowed to do so in the future

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  • kadup@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Certainly depends on where you live.

    Unlocking a Samsung phone is trivial here.

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  • kratoz29@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I am aware, but what choices do we have? I for one stopped using banking apps in my Android phone, not a big deal, we didn’t have banking apps there pre 2007 right?

    I know not everyone can do it, but we can fight back in our own ways.

    And voting with your wallet should be an obvious statement at this point.

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    • RubberElectrons@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      CalyxOS works with most banking apps, and is don’t degoogled.

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Depends on the manufacturer. Ideally, they’re forced to allow choice, but until that happens, we can at least prefer phones that don’t lock you in.

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