whoMar 10

Paying without Google: New consortium wants to remove custom ROM hurdles

https://feddit.org/post/26894145

Paying without Google: New consortium wants to remove custom ROM hurdles - feddit.org

Lemmy

Show threadonlinepersonaMar 10
I hope this picks up. Apps dependent on google services for no reason are such a pain.
Show threadlad
It seems to be the same manner of a closed ecosystem, just EU branded
Mar 10 at 12:45pmWeb
Show threadLudicrous0251Mar 10
“New Consortium wants to be the arbiter of which phone OSs are allowed to access basic features. Spoiler: it’s theirs.”
Show threadonlinepersonaMar 10

Opensource. I don’t understand everything it does but that has to count for something.

What would be a better solution?

Show threadvrighterMar 10
banning the thing. It’s not bad because it’s google, it’s bad because it takes away our freedom of choosing whichever devices and operating systems we want
Show threadonlinepersonaMar 10
Chesterton’s Fence…
Show threadvrighterMar 10
i don’t understand the reference. We don’t want the fence built. The fence is not already there and we all have no idea of the reason it was put up. On the contrary, we don’t want it up because we know the reason. This will not help security. This will help no one