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Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨rustyredox@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://youtube.com/watch?v=QBEKlIV_70E

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  • joel_feila@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Can someone explain how this affects graphene os users?

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    • Sightline@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Someday you will have to buy a new phone.

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    • eleitl@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I use GrapheneOS on a Pixel tablet without any Google Play so that doesn’t affect me. On my Pixel phone Google Play is sandboxed. I expect however that Google will disable bootloader unlocking on future Pixel hardware.

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