Comment on Google Removes App That Helps People Boycott Pro-Israel Companies

mightyfoolish@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• TangledHyphae@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You can always install F-Droid and side-load .apk on Android. Apple censors anything remotely negative about China, among other concerning positions. Neither mobile company is good, so why ditch Android entirely?

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  • 01011@monero.town ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    PostMarketOS is an alternative to Android that has nothing to do with Apple.

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    • TangledHyphae@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What all hardware does it run on? In a stable way, that is.

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      • 01011@monero.town ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Libem 5 and a bunch of older Android devices - Fairphone 4, OnePlus 6/6T, Xiaomi Pocophone F1 postmarketos.org/download/

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  • fraydabson@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t think they implied that they would switch to Apple. They just want off android so bad they can’t wait for the new Linux mobile OS

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    • TangledHyphae@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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      • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        They literally said PostMarketOS in their comment.

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  • pokemaster787@ani.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Agreed, they both suck but I’ll at least stick with the one that begrudgingly lets me install what I want vs. the one that tells me what I’m allowed to install completely.

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  • YeetPics@mander.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    why ditch Android entirely?

    Neither mobile company is good

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  • mightyfoolish@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I love fdroid. I would sell it to the average user on the fact that the apps are adfree.

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• Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Id love to try an alternative for at least the store. It’s absolutely impossible to find and app worthwhile on there. Like, it’s insane. It’s all just bullshit that is, paying to be seen, or gaming their system (just like Google.com is becoming like, actually.)

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• floppade@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Thanks this thread was sincerely useful

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• Zummy@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m an iPhone user and I really enjoy my iPhone, but understand that Apple is perfect either. If you like side-loading apps you can forget about that on the iPhone. Additionally, there’s plenty of censorship when it comes to China because Apple won’t lose its precious revenue it gets in that Asian market. Personally, I don’t like Google because I don’t believe the make any real attempts to protect your privacy, but understand that Apple isn’t perfect either.

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  • mightyfoolish@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is a fair point. Apple definitely has better privacy protection than Android. To me, this was the second most important difference (the first would be Android is more open source even though the version that gets to your phone isn’t really that open).

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  • serratur@lemmy.wtf ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    EU has forced apple to allow sideloading

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    • Zummy@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, but it hasn’t happened yet, and while it certainly will, we don’t know if Apple will bring that everywhere or only in countries where they have to.

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