Comment on On January 1st of 2026, Texas will be required to give ID to download apps from the app stores. It doesn't matter if it's NSFW or not.

• Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  GraphineOS will partner with a big manufacturer soon, then normies can switch over easier

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  • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Is Graphene not still Android?

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    • Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It’s basically android with all the spy ware stripped out and more privacy features, so not perfect but still significantly better than what we’ve got

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  • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    This would kill grapheneOS. The pressures they face now vs once they partner with and depend upon a manufacturer are very different. This will devour them.

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    • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      they already depend upon a manufacturer, as they require hardware security features only found in google pixels, which is a manufacturer that is even right now hostile to them

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  • devolution@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Lol. Remember OnePlus?

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    • reddit_sux@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Good old days of cyanogen mod

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• architect@thelemmy.club ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I wish but no way. The masses want the shiny thing that gets them clout.

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