Comment on Breaking: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions!

network_switch@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• tehmics@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  AOSP makes a lot more sense to me. We just need to adopt Graphene or Lineage en masse and start contributing to support more devices, grow that out into a real alternative with support for the already existing android app ecosystem

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  • communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Aosp makes more sense as a short term strategy, but google is making developing graphene harder, linux mobile is a much better long term strategy

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    • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The second I hear about a Linux mobile operating system that has even decent screen reader support, I will be switching.

      Magnification in Linux desktops in particular has not been that difficult, but screen readers are a whole different can of worms.

      I figure Linux Mobile will be able to do magnification properly as they do it fine on desktop and they can just copy the gestures from Android if nothing else.

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    • tehmics@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It doesn’t matter, you fork into something else entirely. It’s a hell of a lot easier to leverage the android ecosystems in a diverging fork than it is to build a whole new niche platform

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      • communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Linux mobile will be harder to build but in the long run will be vastly better, but it’s admittedly a very long run.

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  • markovs_gun@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Graphene doesn’t fix the problem because it’s only available on Pixel devices

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    • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Not for long. They’re going to start working with their own OEM.

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    • tehmics@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Try reading what I said

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  • Lightfire228@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What about Play Integrity / Safetynet?

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    • tehmics@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah when are Linux phones going to be compatible

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      • Lightfire228@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Waydroid doesn’t intend on supporting it. It’s a piece of code that checks for evidence of “tampering” (such as an unlocked bootloader, or root access), and sends those bits of data off to Google’s servers for verification

        It’s antithetical to Waydroid and device freedom, and is used by banking apps for “security” reasons, as well as media apps for piracy reasons

        And is a massive pain for anyone who root’s their devices

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