luciole (they/them)@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 8 days agoAndroid: sideloading blocked and open source updates withheld to twice a yearyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up1215arrow-down11file-text
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Google moves to lock down the Android operating system, effectively stealing features away from millions of existing users.
minus-squareeleitl@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up13·8 days agoAbsolutely, Google can kill off Android by making it a walled garden, like iOS, but worse. We’ll see what the Motorola GOS device will be like. I can definitely go back to tethered Linux WiFi tablet. Maybe something chinese, based on RISCV.
minus-squareunique_hemp@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoI don’t get Google’s “iOS, but worse” strategy, I’ll just buy a fucking iPhone then.
Absolutely, Google can kill off Android by making it a walled garden, like iOS, but worse. We’ll see what the Motorola GOS device will be like.
I can definitely go back to tethered Linux WiFi tablet. Maybe something chinese, based on RISCV.
I don’t get Google’s “iOS, but worse” strategy, I’ll just buy a fucking iPhone then.