What are those alternatives? I can’t think of any that are ready for prime time.
Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world 6 months ago
This should read that google is screwed, as android users flock to alternative phones. But no, so many would rather just keep on bending the knee to daddy data scrap.
spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Tja@programming.dev 6 months ago
Android users will have no idea it’s happening because only a tiny minority even knows what sideloading is. I don’t think I have done it in my last 3 phones, so maybe a decade or so. It’s definitely not enough of a reason even for someone like me to switch, let alone an average user.
Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I get what you’re saying and you’re definitely right. I don’t side load things all that much but the times I have was because there was no other viable way to get what I needed and it worked amazingly well (not to mention testing something before it’s available on the app store).
It’s one of those things like a fire extinguisher that you might not need but you are very grateful it’s there just in case you ever do.
Tja@programming.dev 6 months ago
Yes, I love to have the capability, but haven’t used it so long that it wouldn’t motivate me to switch away from android to keep it.
rikudou@lemmings.world 6 months ago
Well, I use Obtainium to install all my FOSS apps directly from the repository.
I also built a game for kids (available publicly) and then made a plugin just for my kid which includes some licensed characters, for obvious reasons I can’t put that onto the Play Store, so apk installation it is.
DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
And are these alternative phones in the room with you?
Seriously, the alternatives to Google’s Android are:
iOS: lol GrapheneOS: Currently at the mercy of Google Lineage: Same /e/OS: Same
Plus a bunch of half baked Linux distros that run on old or limited hardware.
We’re in a duopoly because it doesn’t suit the manufacturers to give a shit.
Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Buffalobuffalo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Cheap iphone?
Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world 6 months ago
“old”