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Good thing Android doesn't include Google by default
I dont think that will last much longer. We have to work harder on linux phones
How? Android is open source. You can just fork it
All Android forks are, to maintain compatibility with the used apps (LinageOS, e/OS, Degoogled Android ...)
Ok you fork it and create a FOSS mobile OS. If it was that easy we would already have alternatives. The core is open source but google has been and is trying it's best to slowly take over the OS. I'm honestly not very knowledgeable about android so I don't remember the exact details.
We don't need to, because AOSP works great.
graphene is the way
Absolutely not, it is currently but they are built on googles platform and devices.
Linux phone is what we want
linux is not secure enough to be a phone lol
if cops arrest you and its not fully turned off and encrypted with luks youre boned, and look at all the current devices supported for linux, its basically just the very expensive pine or fair phone. older pixels are fairly easy to buy in poorer countries.
then theres postmarketos which has the far larger selection of devices but most of these are quite old at this point. not to mention it uses far more resources and will drain your battery 10-20% faster
I think the goal being to get linux to where it needs to be is better than it being a variation of a google product.
It is not out of the realm of possibility if gOS got a decent market share that google could get some bullshit corrupt court to block or take it over.
They have said AOSP wont bave the third party blocking but it very much could be forced through. What then gOS stays on an old AOSP?
idk why you think its somehow a much more monumental task to support something that already works (re:gos and aosp) vs building something entirely from scratch
linux needs to focus on becoming as secure as aosp/gos first before even considering being on a phone
Well marceline by the time a new generation of GOS security update guarantees elapses (7-8 years) maybe you can all have Chinese phones in Mexico
what makes you think im in mexico
Oh just the first country that occurred to me for fleeing purposes where you can get a BYD car. Was thinking turtle island based on site demographics. That was phenomenally unclear of me as usual wasn't it
Underlying point: western tolerance/funding/compatibility of privacy/FOSS tools is not reliable once chip & datacenter monopolies become uncertain. It's being the center of the global surveillance apparatus that gives them the luxury of allowing these software solutions. They control the hardware manufacturers.
My trust does not go far even with GOS, which I am using right now. I'm not afraid of surveillance by my own government. In fact I welcome it, I'm trying to be a cooler person in general and they're a lot cooler than I am. I just want deeper control over my droid than a Chinese phone would allow, without an unlocked bootloader worrying about my phone being physically stolen (yes I am completely insane, but it helps me relax knowing if I drop it somewhere I didn't expose my employers)
Within seven years I just got to get a better phone, which they will probably be making by then. Y'all gotta get a new country & laws. We already make those so should be easy right
I didnt say it was a more difficult task, I think it has more risk and involves aggressive third parties.