cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/70573832
Move to Graphene, Calyx, Sailfish, Lineage, Postmarket OS, Ubuntu Touch before the Google prison door shuts.
Which 4 countries?
It’s not called “sideloading”, by the way, it’s called installing software on your own computer.
Indonesia, Brazil, Thailand and Singapore.
But sideloading makes it sound so ominous and even dangerous.
If you listen very carefully, you might hear me sighing deeply at the level of stupidity we all have to live in.
I think the problem is that even when people agree with you there is no specific term for installing apps in the way that will be limited other than the term “sideloading”
So its kinda hard to communicate clearly without using it. But the plays into googles dichotomy between installing the way they want and installing the way they don’t
“Google will restrict installing apps from 2027”
Sounds clear and to the point to me.
And is completely correct. They are heavily restricting installation of software to only software they approve of through package managers they approve of.
We should start calling installing an App from the PlayStore “Google-Loading” lmao
Spyloading
Google’s enshittification continues
People are gonna ignore this, then complain that “no one warned them about this” or “why didn’t you try harder warning us”
Now is this the time for Jolla and PostmarketOS.
Or whatever the fuck else beside crapple and (soon) the other crapple. I hope there more than dozens of us…
This was before the rebrand
Pedantic lemming lol
I wasn’t trying to be pedantic, just trying to spread the word.
Thank you for that.
If only I had the luxury of owning a phone that was compatible with any of the alternative OSs.
If people stopped buying iPhones🇺🇸🤡 that would help.
Just got a Fairphone 6 with CalyxOS.
Bank app works (in seperate user profile, fucking scanning bullshit) and the other verification apps seem to be working like steam too (even though they say on their site that steam does not work).
The vast majority if my apps are FDroid anyway
Bank app works
The real problem here is that there is no guarantee that will remain so.
I got a FF4 earlier this year and put Calyx on it too, its great. I have a browser and a few things from fdroid or termux. Plus I won’t install any restaurant apps, its great!
I’ll be getting an e/OS phone very soon and all the phones in my houses will follow as soon as possible.
I am a long time Samsung user, always rooted but obviously not fully degoogled, simply because I like the hardware. I have downloaded and backed up the firmware, ready to be patched for a rooted install at any moment if I would ever need to factory reset. I realize that rooting isn’t a realistic solution for most users, but for those that it is, it makes your device “unofficial” or “unsupported” or whatever and as for Samsung specifically, as long as you don’t upgrade from One UI 7 and you have a European model, your bootloader will remain unlockable.
As for apps, I get everything from the source with Obtainium, except for my state issued electronic ID, a paid music player and a banking app, which I get from the Play Store, which I only unfreeze and unblock when I intentionally update.
I also have an old Galaxy Note 9, on which I run Lineage OS, but it just sits there, just in case.
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according to Google, you can enable an “advanced mode” that lets you keep using other software: https://piefed.world/post/1386916#comment_6826604
(not sure what will happen in that 24 hours waiting period)
I keep trying to do this but keep forgetting after the 24hr I need to go back and verify. Somewhere along the lines it kills it and I have to start a new 24hr wait time
The system is working as intended.
Yeah i swear to god, all tgey do is relying on the fact that people are too lazy or lose patience. And i think it’ll pay off for them.
I tried it just now, will see if it works 👀
Update: It worked for me! It said something like “waiting period completed” and let me proceed.
I finally managed to remember mine. It only gave me 24hr after the initial 24hr wait to finalize it no wonder I kept missing it. And having to click through like half a dozen scare warnings and all that AGAIN this is ridiculous
Isn’t it already restricted in those four countries? We need to pushback harder so the restrictions apply not to four countries, but rather to zero.
It would be cool to make a petition to the PR folks at Revolut or some other big international banking entity and petition for another attestation option.
