Comment on Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year
Bogasse@lemmy.ml 4 weeks agoLinux phones are moving fast but it feels like Android is moving faster on the other direction 😥
(Yes I know Android is built over Linux, I mean more traditional and open distros like postmarketos)
favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Are they moving fast? It’s been like 18 years since the iPhone came out and there really isn’t a viable Linux phone.
Tja@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
There was a viable Linux phone 15 years ago: Nokia N900. Microsoft took care of that when they bought Nokia. At least Windows phone was a resounding success…
Whitelisted@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Wasn’t the viable Linux phone Android at first? (I am younger than the iPhone so maybe I don’t really know how it was)
favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
By Linux I mean “FOSS” phone. Android is based on Linux, but it is also loaded with spyware out of the box. If you’d asked me 18 years ago whether there would be a viable FOSS phone by now, I would’ve thought yes. But, postmarketOS still advertises itself as “not ready yet” and Ubuntu Touch is still pretty niche.