Google is tightening control over Android under the guise of ‘security,’ but this crackdown on sideloading is a direct hit to digital sovereignty and FOSS. I’ve written about why this matters for our privacy and the future of open platforms. What do you think—is this the end of Android’s ‘open’ era?

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    Then lets get the Wine equivalent for Android? Have an open sourced OS that will still run google play bullshit

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      2 days ago

      SteamOS and Proton are kind of paving the way. It’ll be interesting to see if Steam Frame can take that further, especially on mobile/ARM, and shake up the usual players.

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        2 days ago

        Well they are paving the way, but on PC’s… I’m talking about mobile phones and android :)