Of course, the real issue is that it requires developers to sing up into Google's ecosystem to distribute any apps. The entire ecosystem of mods and alternative stores will be fine but it's just another proof Google is trying to kill it.
ExLisper
joined 9 months ago
Did some research and here are your options:
- use custom mod (the new restriction only applies to certified devices). You can use microG (/e/, iode, Lineage) or sandboxing (GrapheneOS) to run apps requiring Google services. Google will still try to kill it but my bet is it will still work for at least a couple of years
- Ubuntu Touch - you can buy new devices with it, it can run android apps using waydroid but you will not be able to run any apps requiring google services. It can run native Linux apps. Native UT apps are build using QML. It has a completely new system API so it's closer to Android then native Linux. It's based on Halium which uses the kernel from Android
- PostmarketOS - native Linux running native Linux apps. Can use waydroid. Few supported devices but everything works on PinePhone Pro and few others phones.
- Droidian or similiar - Debian running on Halium. Kind of half way between PostmarketOS and Ubunut Touch. Native Linux but running on Android based kernel
Personally, I will stick with GrapheneOS for now (my Pixel still has at least 6 years of support). When I'm unable to run all the apps I need on it I will switch to two phones setup: stock Android for work/car apps, some Linux phone for everything else. When my Pixel dies I will switch to iPhone.
It didn't fold. They are just reorganizing. Don't spread misinformation.
You will be able sideload but the developer has to be authorized by Google. I.e. you can still install apps from f-droid but people publishing apps on f-droid will have to register with Google.
Anthropic chat but only because my employer paid for it. I use it for high level technical questions some time. For example I had to manually patch a binary executable and it help me understand it's structure.
I also have some API tokens for OpenAI, Claude and Perplexity. I've build an app that uses LLM models to parse some complex data and I had to test integrations with different API providers.
There was a secret Hamas tunnel on the roof.
For me it was always about:
- listening
- understanding
- figuring out what's relevant
- writing the relevant parts down
Being able to take notes with a pen wasn't about how fast I wrote but about how little I wrote. Notes were there only to help me remember what was covered and write down some concrete values/dates/names that are hard to remember.
Move out and move in with your gf. Moving the gf in could work out fine or could be a disaster. I wouldn't risk it.
I think climate change mitigation can be the next scam after AI. Once AI bubble bursts they will start looking for new investments and I think climate change is ready to start generating profits. People are desperate enough to start investing money in things that will limit effect of climate change. Who will profit? Corporation that will work on those projects. Anything space related (solar panels in space, geoengineering) will require Space X/Blue Origin. Google, Microsoft and Amazon are already invested in nuclear fusion and modular reactors. Tesla is an energy provider. Any CO2 sequestration projects will require new startups, obviously backed by the same corporations. My guess is very soon we will see governments paying those companies to solve the problem they created. Even more money will be pumped to the 1%. It went form "climate change isn't real", to "climate change isn't caused by humans", to "it is caused by humans but nothing can be done about it". Next step will be "we can fix it if you pay us".
Yeah but I'm pretty sure reading AI news stories will not give me psychosis.
Fortunately AI is not big enough part of my life to care about this one way or another. It definitely has it's uses but I never used as anything other than data transformation and as a search engine alternative. I don't know what kind of people confuse AI with a companion and have sincere conversations with it, I don't know how to help them and I don't care how this will impact the AI industry.
If you want to use custom ROMs you have to check support before buying a phone. Fold 7 is not supported by any custom ROMs from what I can see. Also, I'm pretty sure you can just use Fennec with Adblock on stock Android and not have ads.