For the past 15 years, F-Droid has provided a safe and secure haven for Android users around the world to find and install free and open source apps. When co...
  • amos@mander.xyzEnglish
    56·
    2 days ago

    Considering Google and Apple both donate to Trump, we really need an alternative: Linux mobile OS. A linux OS that can be installed on a range of phones, from cheap to more expensiove. Just buy the phone and install the OS, as you do on PCs.

  • dreaperxz@lemmy.zip
    6·
    2 days ago

    Will the F-Droid website shutdown as a whole if the project ends?

    I’ve gone back to flip phone. Yes, an XP3 Plus running android; but with no app store and no apps that use Internet. Data, and WIFI is off forever. It just comes with basic apps out of the box. Nothing Google is on it. It’s just for phone calls.

    And I’ve gone back to a standard MP3 player. All this because the smartphone ecosystem is utterly chaotic and fragile. Anything smart is nothing but a headache to me now. Smartphones are anything but convenient to me today (they are more like dopamine slot machines with the trash social media apps that come pre-installed on them to keep people scrolling).

    But I have an old Samsung tablet running LineageOS that I just use for reading. Never put it online. And I see no reason to update any apps. Maybe in the future, I might consider installing other apps (highly unlikely). But I’m fine with how it is. And since Syncthing is no longer an option on Android, I’ll just use Rsync to sync my books directly to the micro SD card I use with it.

    I don’t use anything Google anymore (yes, not even YouTube). And I really don’t want to install Google’s shitty app store and make a new Google account (after getting rid of all my Google accounts). This is why I’m wondering what the plan is for the F-Droid project.

    Is it time to just dump anything Android too? Unless it’s a scaled down version of Android that comes with the device like my flip phone?

      • dreaperxz@lemmy.zip
        2·
        1 day ago

        That’s what I heard. They discontinued it. But it’s been forked.

        I just think it’s best to drop anything Android now; and truthfully, just stop bothering with smartphones at this point. Or don’t use Android for much other than in a locked down phone that comes out of the factory with no Google BS; like the XP3 Plus flip phone I bought for a fraction of the price that a trash smartphone would be.

        To be frank, I don’t use Android for much of anything now. I’ve completely given up the smartphone. I don’t miss it. And honestly, it’s a relief.

  • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 day ago

    I am not on Android now, but…

    …Can folks not just dual-boot?

    Like, keep a stock partition to make Play Store apps happy, and a “main” GraphemeOS boot option or whatever.

    • ChaosSpectre@lemmy.zip
      4·
      1 day ago

      To my knowledge no. Theres also the issue of hardware. For example, I stupidly gave samsung another chance about 3 or so years ago, and you basically cannot put another OS on their devices without bricking them.

  • nieminen@lemmy.world
    45·
    2 days ago

    I honestly didn’t realize how the fdroid deployment worked, and now I’m gonna be way less skeptical of apps I see there.

  • comrade_twisty@feddit.org
    1477·
    3 days ago

    This is something the EU should really regulate, unfortunately they are busy regulating oat milk drink and veggieburgers.

    • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
      39·
      2 days ago

      1. The EU hasn’t even been able to stop Apple from doing this shit.

      2. The EU is actively preventing their own people from leaving the Google ecosystem with the Play Integrity API in their own apps.

    • persona_non_gravitas@piefed.socialEnglish
      751·
      3 days ago

      I contacted the EU DMA team a while back. Part of the response:

      We have taken note of your concerns and, while we cannot comment on ongoing dialogue with gatekeepers, these considerations will form part of our assessment of the justifications for the verification process provided by Google.

      So at least some part of the bureaucracy are aware of it.

      • med@sh.itjust.works
        8·
        2 days ago

        The thing I don’t understand about any of this, is why can’t you comment on ongoing dialogues with the gatekeepers?

        I understand the basic tenants of keeping the discussion closed until official statements can be prepared, to prevent the press and the public from going off half cocked. That makes sense for private matters.

        This is not private. I can’t understand what is the point of negotiating law for people if they can’t even see the ongoing process?

    • mistermodal@lemmy.ml
      201·
      3 days ago

      I’m confused why so many open source developers think that the EU is going to be the foster parents of FOSS communities