Submitted 3 weeks ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to technology@lemmy.world
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/28/the-browser-wasnt-enough-google-wants-to-control-all-your-software/
Apologies if this is the wrong place to ask, but I literally have no idea in which community this question goes.
I just got Samsung Galaxy A16, and then I learn just how controlling Google/Android is becoming. Research says I SHOULD be able to deGoogle and flash a linux OS
My question is, what linux OS should I go for? and does it have any issues I need to look out for?
You cannot do so on Samsung devices. They have disabled the ability to unlock the bootloader on their devices and therefore you cannot install custom operating systems on them anymore.
If you want to install custom software like that, you always have to do your research beforehand and choose a device that will allow you to do so.
probably will be an older model that isnt sold anymore by samsung.
You should return your Samsung for a refund and then start over with a device from a company that’s less abusive.
Not possible in Third World Countries :(
Are we already nostalgic for analog oligarchy?
We burned down the past we can burn down the future too.
Can someone just do the needful?
People voted for this with their wallets.
As an iPhone guy, I know we already have it like that, and our keyboard has always sucked (and none of the third party keyboards help, they all suck compared to Gboard on Android), but while we dread the day that Apple becomes a data broker like Google… that day is not here yet.
I have bad news for you: they already sell your information to advertisers.
But the threat of Apple turning on its customers isn’t limited to China. While the company has been unwilling to spy on its users on behalf of the US government, it’s proven more than willing to compromise its worldwide users’ privacy to pad its own profits. Remember when Apple let its users opt out of Facebook surveillance with one click? At the very same time, Apple was spinning up its own commercial surveillance program, spying on Ios customers, gathering the very same data as Facebook, and for the very same purpose: to target ads. When it came to its own surveillance, Apple completely ignored its customers’ explicit refusal to consent to spying, spied on them anyway, and lied about it.
Librem profits +++$$$ It may be the end for u if u use a mobile for games… If not - Just buy some open-source phone like Librem or PinePhone, they also have Linux available:)
heavyboots@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
I mean… it’s hilarious that people still use Chrome when it has been a known back actor for years and years.
Likewise, if you set an iPhone to use Advanced Data Protection, it’s probably quite a bit more secure from intrusion than a similar Android phone. (And definitely more secure from subpoena.)
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
i abandoned it ever since they say they slow down incognito mode, and prevent the liberal use of adblockers, or extensions.
magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
You can pretend your iPhone isn’t owned by a corporation that just swore fealty to the current regime, but until its running a custom ROM it isn’t fucking yours.
Only phone that comes your own from factory I’d maybe the pinephone. Otherwise, get a pixel, rip out the factory OS install, and throw Graphen OS on it.
Both Android AND iOS have taken code from Graphene and used it to secure their codebases. Its probably one of, if not the most secure OS available to the average person today.