Nah, you control your google powered phone as in you can decide to sell it, throw it away, repair it, etc. You don’t get ownership of the software that it runs though, or what that updates Google send your way. You can certainly choose not to update it, but you just miss out on anything that requires those updates - like access to the Google play services.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The state of having complete legal control of something;
Ownership is the state or fact of legal possession and control over property,
the act of having and controlling property
Control is a key part of ownership. If circle controls what you can install on a device, it isn’t yours.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 3 weeks ago
Nah, you control your google powered phone as in you can decide to sell it, throw it away, repair it, etc. You don’t get ownership of the software that it runs though, or what that updates Google send your way. You can certainly choose not to update it, but you just miss out on anything that requires those updates - like access to the Google play services.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You’re licking those corporate boots awfully hard for someone camping themself Freedom advocate.
And that will do wonders for the security that Google claims is the reason behind this change, won’t it.