PumpkinDramaOct 13, 2025

What will you do after Android starts restricting FOSS apps?

https://reddthat.com/post/52052741

What will you do after Android starts restricting FOSS apps? - Reddthat

I mostly use apps installed from F-Droid, so I’m not sure how I’ll use the phone, except that it’s sometimes required as a contact method.

Show threadominouslemonOct 13, 2025
I’ll happily continue using my GrapheneOS Pixel since nothing will change for 3d-party ROMs :)
Show threadfrongtOct 13, 2025
Until it does. Google is already closing development, so the GrapheneOS devs will have a more difficult time rebasing their changes to AOSP each snapshot.
Show threadother8026Oct 14, 2025
Not exactly. GrapheneOS has an OEM partner and has early access to AOSP changes that aren’t public. A huge downside to that is that security preview releases can’t be open source until after Google makes the code public.
Show threadfrongt
Well, that’s not a huge downside. They still provide those security updates in their binary builds.
Oct 15, 2025 at 2:55amWeb
Show threadother8026Oct 15, 2025
Fair enough. I said “huge” because I guess some people care a lot. I personally don’t and have been on security preview releases since they started releasing them.