/e/OS - deGoogled mobile OS

Europe confirms that manufacturers are free to sell Android phones without Google.

There no better time for @Fairphone @NOKIA Crosscall, Wiko, Gigaset @shiftphones to join @murena to introduce phones with a privacy driven OS and apps like /e/OS.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/sep/14/google-fails-to-overturn-4bn-fine-over-android-bundling

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Google fails to overturn €4bn fine over Android bundling

Europe’s competition commission has imposed €8.25bn in antitrust fines on the company

The Guardian
Sep 16, 2022 at 9:28amWeb
Show threadMartin BeSep 16, 2022
@e_mydata @Fairphone @NOKIA @shiftphones @murena @gael Nice! All I need now is an port for a LG V series and I'm in! 👍 😉
Show threadJeromeSep 20, 2022
@shiftphones @gael @NOKIA @e_mydata @murena @Fairphone The article says: "The EU general court broadly backed the commission’s ruling that Google had behaved anti-competitively byrequiring that mobile phone manufacturers pre-install Google’s search and chrome apps on handsets as a condition for carrying Google’s Play app store." The real monopoly is thus the play app store.
Show thread【Ξｎｉｇｍａｔｉｃｏ】 🐱Sep 30, 2022
@e_mydata @Fairphone @NOKIA @shiftphones @murena @gael The reality is that either they make it Android (most likely), or they will make their own proprietary Linux-based OS that will turn to be even worse than Android.
Show threadLinuxLoungeOct 5, 2022
@shiftphones @murena @Fairphone @gael @e_mydata @enigmatico @NOKIA I mean, arguably more competition is still slightly better than no competition at all
Show threadWilf K 🇬🇧 🇨🇦Oct 1, 2022
@e_mydata @Fairphone @NOKIA @shiftphones @murena @gael This is awesome news.