Technology

IMO the big problem with this is for old APKs that were created before this new developer registration requirement- you won't be able to install them at all without rooting or using a different vanilla Android version.

It prohibits developers from creating apps and maintaining their anonymity but it also prevents scammers from anonymously stealing people's money with fake apps.

Will be a big problem if their developer registration process is difficult or used as a restriction somehow to govern who can register.

Well, Europe will fix this for sure.

https://e.foundation/e-os/

You can put this on a Nothing CMF Phone 1 btw.

It's a shame webos got bought and turned into a tv os. It would shine on modern hardware and was 'rooted' out of the box.

Guys, can't we Just use e/OS? I thougt it wouldn't be affected?

The average user won't notice any difference.

F-droid will stop working I imagine?

Everyone is talking about getting a fairphone and whatnot but I'm concerned about the open source apk communities shutting down since the market share and interest is killed by this.

Im not convinced that this will make a difference. Just "calling your representatives" response is so low energy.

They’re gonna take away my Projectivy, aren’t they? 😔

I'm using Rocknix on an android handheld and it feels so powerful to be running 6.18 mainline kernel with all the modern features I want despite having to build stuff from source since the package manager only has a small list of stuff mostly meant for networking (Entware).

Even though its in beta for my device (AYn Thor), it works so well after only 4 months of development that I'm genuinely reaching the point of perma install and removing the stock Android install from the device.

I would pay cold hard cash for an OEM to do the same with PostmarketOS. Throw in proper open source kernel modules and use Steam's upcoming waydroid fork for Android compatibility, and then throw that sucker in the market and watch Google try to litigate it out of existence.

I have been thinking this for some time, why not just have a certified burner phone or tablet and then a free phone as your main?

Realistically most of us have to install shitty insecure apps to survive in this modern world, but that doesn't mean all our personal data and stuff has to be on the same device.

For the cost of one brand new top model phone, you could probably get a low-mid certified device and a decent Fairphone or equivcalent.

Feels a lot more interesting to just pick up a feature phone, and use it as a hotspot modem for a laptop.

Maybe it's time to bring back MeeGo

its the reason why i turned off auto software updates on my phone