It applies to all ‘Gatekeepers’, including Google.
orosus@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Does this EU’s Digital Markets Act also applies for Android and all the preinstalled apps by Google and the phone manufacturer?
turkishdelight@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
maynarkh@feddit.nl 3 months ago
It does as per the law. I don’t know whether Google is compliant as of yet.
witchergeraltofrivia@lemm.ee 3 months ago
For anyone looking for something like that right now - grapheneos.org
ego@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Been on graphene for a few months now. Aside from a few apps that are over-reliant on the Google ecosystem, it’s works fine. Would recommend. Battery is also a lot better with all the tracking and such removed.
CaptKoala@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
GrapheneOS user here, compared to my stock android pixel it’s night and day, no sense of my phone spying on me.
I use almost entirely FOSS on the graphene one, I now do most of my daily phone activities on the graphene, and use the stock primarily for work (I refuse to taint the graphene phone just so I can do my job).
The installation was extremely simplistic compared to other custom android versions I’ve run. It was literally: plug in phone, click button, phone restarted itself, clicked another button, done.
kylian0087@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Hey I am also using GrapheneOS. And what you could do for work is setup a second profile that is not allowed to run when not active. That way it is fully isolated environment for work. Add to that that GrapheneOS lets you install Google related things inside a user profile without needing them to have root access. as some work related things might require google services.
CaptKoala@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
I have a second profile set up already, exclusively for Google play services and anything else I don’t want on the main profile.
I might make a third exclusively for work, but as it stands the second phone actually makes more sense in that regard in terms of taxation, simplicity of use etc. no faffing about with profile switching, just check which colour phone and then slam that fingerprint down on the sensor.
I do however welcome suggestions, perhaps I should make a post rather than just lurking in the comments for once…
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 3 months ago
More like LineageOS because Graphene is only available on very specific, hyper-expensive devices. Or just expensive if you want one that is already out of support.
kylian0087@lemmy.world 3 months ago
No really. Almost all the google pixels are supported. You do not need to get the pro versions if you don’t want to.
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 3 months ago
Normal, non-pro are expensive AF too. The non-pro Pixel 7 is around $500. The latest ones I remember seeing for $300 and under are Pixel 5.