#FuckAndroid its time for #MobileLinux
google has made it clear time and time again that they are not intrested in android being driven by the community.
android and aosp are so far apart from each other nowadays that it is difficult to call android "open source"
@kkarhan they already do offer a deoogled rom version! https://shop.fairphone.com/fairphone-5-e-operating-system
its still android but its degoogled
@micr0 @kkarhan update: you can apparently install e-os manually on the FP6 now; https://e.foundation/installer/ I'm glad it's here now
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Also would personally still rather use LineageOS, it's not that it's bad but /e/-os comes with its own alternatives like them having a nextcloud server and what not, but I already have that myself and I'd rather just have my own servers involved.
Edit: not for the FP5 of course, that one already has it public! Just for the FP6 they haven't yet.
@anthropy @micr0 AFAICK the Apps by @e_mydata ain't specifically locked to their Services and you can much easier configure your own @nextcloud / #Nextcloud server instead.
I wished fairphone would make #eOS and #LineageOS the default and charge extra for #GooglePlay / #Google'd devices instead of the other way around.
In fact I wish for #SmallerSmartphones instead of #Phablets.
Cuz I'd rather have a "#THICC #CHONKER" than a flimsy glass-sandwich...
@kkarhan I mean maybe nextcloud is a bad example there, but I don't need basically anything in that rom, I need as bare of a rom with no push, no location services, etc, as I provide that through my own servers/services and apps.
But again not to say it's a bad ROM, for most people that want a degoogled experience it's perfect.
My main gripe is that right now if you want a new ROM on a FP6 you have to mess with things and deal with broken drivers, which is weird if they already have it working
@anthropy nodds in agreement
Not to mention the folks behind e/OS obviously need to ROI the cost of maintaining a custom Rom, since that takes more than "Just yoink the drivers and the Android sources, plop' in your APKs and yeet that on your device!" for the #developers!
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Anthropygpl-violations.org and litigate the drivers out of vendors...Cuz politely asking won't get you anywhere (ask @SexyCyborg about her experience trying to get the sources for a ROM of a device she bought!)...
Or is it too much to ask to get a #smol #smartphone that has:
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