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It won't be long now until ̶G̶o̶o̶g̶l̶e̶ Satan implements the new restrictions and tries to stop developers installing their own apps on there own devices. Although there may be ways around this, it will hurt small independent developers who want nothing to do with google.
Here is a link with additional info. https://keepandroidopen.org/
What are your thoughts?

Sorry for the above name calling, I'm sure Satan, if he was real, would be a much better creature than the filth that is Google.

The initial openness was a bait-and-switch apparently. I have a suspicion this was the plan all along. Google made Android open and gave users freedom to build their userbase.

Now that they have a userbase, they can take advantage of their userbase for their profit purposes.

If this develops further (which I expect it will, the dev option steps around this will inevitably get removed) and I 1. still need a slavephone 2. grapheneos and other forks get killed by this I'll probably buy an ancient phone and install some kind of mobile linux distro on it (i suppose android is also technically mobile linux but you know what i mean)

molly wrote: Mon Jun 08, 2026 3:05 am I'm sure Satan, if he was real, would be a much better creature than the filth that is Google.

No he wouldn't, he is number 1 worst creature you could think of.


And this google thing is neither new nor important, much like manifest v3, age restriction and Youtube adblock war, they are useless changes that only effect small % of people that google probably doesn't care about.

F-FSF xisters...? I thought the Gay Penis License would protect us from this??

Anyway, the redpill is to just ditch your soyphone (and get a "dumbphone", if you still need a mobile phone). There's no valid use case for watching TikToks or looking at Instagram whores when you're outside. And if you need "apps" for your job or for banking or whatever, it doesn't matter how locked down the device is if you keep it in a faraday cage and only take it out strictly for those tasks.

moeloli wrote: Wed Jun 10, 2026 1:20 pm F-FSF xisters...? I thought the Gay Penis License would protect us from this??

Anyway, the redpill is to just ditch your soyphone (and get a "dumbphone", if you still need a mobile phone). There's no valid use case for watching TikToks or looking at Instagram whores when you're outside. And if you need "apps" for your job or for banking or whatever, it doesn't matter how locked down the device is if you keep it in a faraday cage and only take it out strictly for those tasks.

The "smartphone" is very handy, I use it mostly for offline things. Fossify calendar is excellent for reminders, Fossify camera I use all the time when out and about, RPN caclulator, unit converter, guitar tuner.
These are just a few of the things I use often, all of which could be side loaded and used as an offline device. Google wants to kill these apps and make people only use these devices through them.
I do let one thing through the VPN and that is SimpleX messenger, this is the best way to communicate with friends and family who don't know any better and have google or apple devices. ie- 99% of the population.
The TSP radio I do not use at all, only wifi.