vozer 2d ago

fuck off.

imagine if windows required you to wait 24hrs before you could install programs outside of the MS store.

your phone is a computer, and this is an anti-competitive move that has the intentional side effect of incentivizing consumers to install apps from google instead of other markets.

“you can’t do this!”

“but i’ve always been able to do this!”

waits a year

“fine, but now you have to wait 24 hours because because because i said so!”

“oh! well in that case, i guess it’s not so bad!”

everyone that is happy about this is an easily manipulated buttbrain

Show threadKemotep 🔰2d ago

@vozercozer actually wait a second, the hand scanners at work are Android devices and we install a custom apk to connect the bar code scanner to the ERP.

So we’re going to need to pay google for developer accounts and verify our organization and I guess also pay for a code signing certificate to install our work software on a locked down MDM controlled android device? Or have to wait a day?

I just realized this is going to fuck things up at work.

Show threadRTG-powered Vel2d ago

@kemotep iiuc, ADB will almost certainly bypass this, and MDM will likely do as well. i don't think Google would want to fuck with industrial users

@vozercozer

Show thread gravitos 2d ago

@risc well if ADB bypasses that, then we're already in the clear, just use app manager from f-droid to adb-over-wifi into your own device and pretend this never happened  

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Show threadRTG-powered Vel2d ago

@gravitos even if ADB will bypass it, it will greatly reduce many developers’ motivation to develop apps. look at iOS. i can install arbitrary applications through the developer stuff, it’s just more annoying. and, unsurprisingly, there is so much less FOSS software for iOS than for Android

@kemotep @vozercozer

Show thread gravitos 2d ago

@risc good point, we should popularize mobile linux. and by that i dont mean sailfishOS, fuck that closed source piece of garbage. i mean postmarketOS, droidian, hell even ubuntu touch, Phones Made By People For People.

corporations should be bullied out of existing

@kemotep @vozercozer

Show threaderi 2d ago
@gravitos @kemotep @risc @vozercozer idk maybe if i could buy a phone that runs linux and actually makes phone calls on modern cell networks i would be happy to switch over
Show thread gravitos 2d ago

@eri iirc one of the 3rd gen google pixels has working calls on postmarketos

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Show threaderi 
@gravitos @kemotep @risc @vozercozer "you can buy a single old phone that isn't being made anymore that is known to have hardware issues" i would rather live in a cave and eat rocks
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Show thread gravitos 2d ago

@eri good point

Nexdock, a company that makes lapdocks for compatible phones - which are essentially a laptop-shaped shell with a built in power bank, keyboard, trackpad and a display that you are meant to use with your phone or any kind of other device capable of outputting video signals - has revealed that they're working on a Nexphone, based on an LTS variant of Snapdragon 778G, that out of the box triple-boots Android 16, Debian and Windows 11. of course you can remove what you don't like, and this is still a non released device that costs slightly more than a similar performance laptop, bu-u-ut AFAIK its the only phone with 5G support that is meant for linux

@kemotep @risc @vozercozer

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