🚹Google wants to kill Android freedom

We've signed an Open Letter to urge #Google to keep #Android #free & #open!

Otherwise Google’s Android is becoming Apple: Your device, their rules.

Here's more info: 👉 https://tuta.com/blog/google-wants-to-kill-android-freedom

Read the full open letter here: 👉 https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/

@Tutanota the annoying thing about Google apps is that all of them except for Maps is unusable without a Google account.
so they're basically useless.

@Tutanota

I would really like a google-free, non apple mobile smart phone

too much to ask?

@Captain_Jack_Sparrow

@Tutanota

Get a Pixel and install GrapheneOS.

@Geodad478 @Tutanota

Hang on- Thats a GOOGLE PIXEL, right?

I sing want to give those fkers my money

@Captain_Jack_Sparrow

@Tutanota

Buy one used from swappa.

@Geodad478 @Tutanota

oh, maybe I can get one pre-installed

are there any other options though?

@Captain_Jack_Sparrow

@Tutanota

There are other de-googled phonrs, but GrapheneOS is the best security wise.

@Captain_Jack_Sparrow @Tutanota Jolla Phone (sailfish) or Fairphone (murena)

@Tutanota

Apparently, I can now get all the hardware I need (second-hand-laptop, harddrive, external-usb-sata-cable) to degoogle a phone for under a ÂŁ100!

Make it a business. 👍

(note: Linux is "free" but I definitely woud donate funds to whatever distro/foundation I use.)

@Tutanota
Say Google gets their way and locks down the Android platform: would you provide alternative apps for non-android OS's like Sailfish? I have one of the new @jolla devices on order, and would love to keep Tuta.
@DodoTheDev @jolla Hi there! Yes, we would always find a way to provide Tuta Mail.

@Tutanota @DodoTheDev @jolla
as a precursor, providing mobile browser support is a start. basically inside of a browser. and it is also platform and browser independent.

dedicated apps later.

@Tutanota @jolla
I knew there was a reason I went with Tuta! So glad to hear that. I'll happily be a tester.

@Tutanota
for short term, i support this agenda. delaying alphabet inc's takeover of android is beneficial.

for longer term, android is pretty much alphabet inc's playground where users are just pawns for corporate greed and power. we need to move to other platforms. apple's devices are already closed.

alternatives:
laptop with linux distribution.
linux mobile, not android based.
technical basic phone.
ungoogled android, temporarily.

@Tutanota In 2026, Android is privacy-focused only when unlocked or customized, whereas iOS provides easier privacy controls by default (But we have to trust Apple).
@Tutanota We need smartphones with another OS , not just iOS or Android
@Tutanota , thank you for fighting for us❀

@Tutanota @helio

Jamais o Google farĂĄ isso

@Tutanota I need y'all to know that whoever makes these memes always brightens my day. Vielen Dank!
@tired_panda Thanks, we will let them know! 😊
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Texte de prĂ©sentation de la situation issue du site " https://keepandroidopen.org/fr/ ", que je complĂšte ensuite. "En aoĂ»t 2025, Google a annoncĂ© que, Ă  partir de septembre 2026, il ne sera plus possible de dĂ©velopper des applications pour la plateforme Android sans s’ĂȘtre prĂ©alablement enregistrĂ© auprĂšs de Google. Cet enregistrement impliquera : - Paiement de frais Ă  Google - Acceptation des conditions d’utilisation de Google - Fourniture d’une piĂšce d’identitĂ© officielle - TĂ©lĂ©chargement de la preuve de la clĂ© de signature privĂ©e du dĂ©veloppeur - Liste de tous les identifiants d’application actuels et futurs Ce que cela signifie pour vos droits : ➀ Vous, le consommateur, avez achetĂ© votre appareil Android en croyant Ă  la promesse de Google : une plateforme informatique ouverte sur laquelle vous pouviez exĂ©cuter les logiciels de votre choix. Or, Ă  partir de septembre 2026, Google dĂ©ploiera sans votre consentement une mise Ă  jour de votre systĂšme d’exploitation qui bloquera dĂ©finitivement ce droit et vous laissera Ă  la merci de son jugement quant aux logiciels auxquels vous ĂȘtes autorisĂ© Ă  faire confiance. ➀ Vous, le crĂ©ateur, ne pourrez plus dĂ©velopper d’application et la partager directement avec vos amis, votre famille et votre communautĂ© sans obtenir au prĂ©alable l’approbation de Google. La promesse d’Android – un argument marketing qui lui a permis de se dĂ©marquer de l’iPhone – a toujours reposĂ© sur son ouverture. Mais Google estime manifestement exercer une emprise suffisante sur l’écosystĂšme Android, ainsi qu’une influence rĂ©glementaire suffisante, pour pouvoir dĂ©sormais abandonner ce principe en toute impunitĂ© et sans discrimination. ➀ Vous, l’État, cĂ©dez les droits de vos citoyens et votre souverainetĂ© numĂ©rique Ă  une entreprise connue pour se plier aux exigences extrajudiciaires de rĂ©gimes autoritaires visant Ă  supprimer des applications parfaitement lĂ©gales qui leur dĂ©plaisent. Les logiciels essentiels au fonctionnement de vos entreprises et de vos administrations seront Ă  la merci des caprices opaques d’une multinationale lointaine et irresponsable." Google a, Ă  l'origine, créé Android (sur une base Linux, libre) avec l'esprit de le garder totalement ouvert. Mais on voit que le gĂ©ant amĂ©ricain souhaite verrouiller la plateforme Android, qui concerne environ 85% des smartphones au monde. On peut aisĂ©ment imaginer ce que Google (qui sera seul et unique dĂ©cideur de ce qui est valide ou non) pourra imposer aux dĂ©veloppeurs, comme par exemple l'obligation d'ajouter des fonctionnalitĂ©s de partage de statistiques, informations sur les donnĂ©es personnelles des utilisateurs-trices.

@Tutanota good on you Tuta! you do fine work.

I am moving off android and apple to a real OS for my next telephone because I dont really have a use for garbage.

personally I would pay 10 to 20 times more for a non-Google, non-Apple mobile device than I would for one of those kinds of buggy, unuseable, entry-level products. they're just not very good and to be honest they are kind of embarrassing to be seen with.

technology has moved on without them. and so will consumers.