Comment on Google's shocking developer decree struggles to justify the urgent threat to F-Droid
rumba@lemmy.zip 13 hours agoIt’s still Android kernel and drivers :/ but it is private. For Linux you’d need postmarket or one of their derivatives and they are fighting to get cameras and power under control.
prob the best we have at the moment.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
and what’s the problem with android other than google’s fuckery?
rumba@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
Assuming google’s fuckery doesn’t affect them, nothing.
But we’re relying on google to keep up that code and not see them as a threat. Right now AOK, but in the future that makes longevity questionable.
It’s something to be noticed and understood so there’s no surprises when the company that did no evil now does all the evil.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
they can take down the code today and not much will happen, as the code is mirrored elsewhere.
rumba@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
Obv, they can’t take what we have, which is why for now we’re OK. The winds are shifting, though. I expect at some point, I expect android will require a deal with the devil from manufacturers. Start actively combatting linux phones.
For now, it’s a quick path to privacy, long term, we’re going to need friendly hardware